La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9091.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9091.3
The Audubon Area Security 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 Audubon Area 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. Boundaries. The boundaries of the district shall be that area lying within the following perimeter: Exposition Boulevard to St. Charles Avenue to Arabella Street to Hurst Street to Nashville Avenue to Prytania Street and back to Exposition Boulevard.

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

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

(a) The president of the Audubon Area Zoning Association, referred to in this Section as the "association", shall be a member or he may designate a member of the board of directors of the association to serve as a member

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

(c) The mayor of the city of New Orleans shall appoint one member to the board 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.

(f) 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.

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

(3)(a) Board members serving pursuant to Subparagraphs (1)(b) through (f) of this Subsection shall serve four-year terms after initial terms as provided in this Subparagraph. Two members shall serve initial terms of one year; two shall serve initial terms of two years; two shall serve initial terms of three years; and two shall serve initial terms of four years, as determined by lot at the first meeting of the board held after July 9, 2008.

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

(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. Board members shall be eligible for reappointment.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(1) To sue and be sued.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(1) The amount of the fee shall be as requested by duly adopted resolution of the board. The fee shall be a flat fee per parcel of land. The fee shall not exceed five hundred fifty dollars per year for each parcel for calendar year 2019; however, the maximum fee amount may be increased by twenty-five dollars per year for each calendar year after 2019.

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

(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 as provided in this Subsection. No other election shall be required except as provided by this Paragraph.

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

(c) The fee shall be levied beginning on January 1, 2019. The fee shall expire at the end of the term provided for in the proposition authorizing the fee, not to exceed ten years, but may be renewed if approved by a majority of the registered voters of the district voting on the proposition at an election as provided in Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph. Any election to authorize the renewal of the fee shall be held at the same time as a regularly scheduled election in the city of New Orleans. If the fee is renewed, the term of the imposition of the fee shall be as provided in the proposition authorizing such renewal.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

J. Merger and dissolution. (1) A majority of the area covered by the district may be merged with the majority of the area covered by another district that serves similar purposes without the vote of the registered voters of the district, if such merger is approved by resolution of the board of each such district by the affirmative vote of not less than five members of each respective board. Such merger may create a new district comprised of the majority of the area of each district or provide that the merged portion of one district shall become a part of the other district. If the merger creates a new district, the resolution of each board shall also provide for the dissolution of the respective district. If the merger merges a part of one district into another district, the resolution of the district of which part is being merged into another district shall also provide for the dissolution of the district. Such resolutions shall provide for the effective date of the merger and the dissolution of the district or districts. If a major portion of the area of a district is merged into a new district or into another district in accordance with this Paragraph, the funds of the district that relate to the portion of the district that is included in the new district or the other district, as the case may be, together with any other funds that relate to such portion of the district that are collected by the city of New Orleans pursuant to law relative to the district, shall be transferred to the new or other district to be used for purposes of such district. The remaining portion of funds, if any, shall be transmitted by the board to the city of New Orleans, and such funds shall be used only for law enforcement, security, improvement, and beautification purposes of the area that was formerly within the district but is not included in the merged district.

(2) The legal authority for any district created by merger or for the merger of a part of a district into an existing district, as authorized by Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, shall terminate sixty days after the next regularly scheduled mayoral primary election after such merger is effective unless such merger is approved by a majority of the voters of the merged district voting on the proposition at a regularly scheduled election prior to such termination date.

(3) If a part of a district is merged pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the authority for the imposition of the parcel fee provided in Subsection F of this Section shall continue but shall be applicable only to that portion of the merged district contained in the district created by this Section. The authority for the imposition of the parcel fee in any other portion of the merged district shall be governed by the provisions applicable to the imposition of such fee in the other district with which or into which a part of the district created by this Section is merged.

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

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

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

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

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

Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 40, §1, eff. April 18, 2002; Acts 2008, No. 833, §1, eff. July 9, 2008; Acts 2017, No. 152, §1, eff. June 12, 2017.

NOTE: See Acts 2017, No. 152, §2, regarding parcel fee previously authorized by voters.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.867 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.867
Liberal construction
Status: in_force

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

Acts 2015, No. 420, §1, eff. July 1, 2015.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2012 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2012
Fire Service Bill of Rights
Status: in_force

A. This Section may be referred to as the "Louisiana Fire Service Bill of Rights".

B. There is hereby established a Fire Service Bill of Rights to promote the rights of members of the fire service in Louisiana and to insure that their rights are safeguarded and protected. This Fire Service Bill of Rights consists of a statement, in nontechnical terms, of the rights of members of the fire service and obligations to them. The rights afforded members of the fire service are available insofar as they are implemented in accordance with the Constitution of Louisiana and Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, the administrative rules of state and local governmental entities, and the budgetary consideration of state and local governmental entities. To this end, this Louisiana Fire Service Bill of Rights is enacted.

C. The Louisiana Fire Service Bill of Rights promotes the following rights for the members of fire service in Louisiana:

(1) Promotes each member of a fire services right to be recognized as first responder to all domestic emergencies.

(2) Promotes each member of a fire services right to be adequately protected from the dangers associated with emergency response.

(3) Promotes the preparation of first responder families so members of the fire service can focus on their mission of responding to domestic emergencies.

(4) Promotes each member of a fire services right to have their families provided for in the event of tragic death related to performance on the job.

(5) Promotes each member of a fire services right to be educated in the latest fire and life safety sciences.

(6) Promotes each member of a fire services right to be provided with state-of-the-art equipment and apparatus to better handle all emergency situations.

(7) Promotes each member of a fire services right to share innovative fire and life safety programs that have proven successful across the nation.

(8) Promotes each member of a fire services right to fully understand and be able to effectively respond to incidents involving the transportation, storage, and use of hazardous materials.

(9) Promotes each member of a fire services right to be fully informed of the threat of contracting infectious diseases during the course of life safety activities.

(10) Promotes each member of a fire services right to expect that the people of Louisiana will become full partners in the struggle to preserve life and property from the ravages of fire and other disasters.

(11) Promotes each member of a fire services right to celebrate the proud history of the American fire and emergency services personnel and the sacrifices they have made for communities across the nation.

Acts 2003, No. 943, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4712.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4712.8
Disposition of property by the town of Vinton
Status: in_force

A. The town of Vinton may sell, lease for a term of up to ninety-nine years, exchange, or otherwise dispose of, to or with other political corporations of this state, or private persons, at public or private sale, any property, or portions thereof, including immovable property.

B. Before disposition can be made of property under the provisions of this Section, an ordinance must be introduced, giving the reasons for the action on the part of the town governing authority, and fixing the minimum price and terms of the sale, lease, exchange, or other contract to be made with reference to the property. In instances of exchanges of town-owned immovable property valued at one hundred thousand dollars or more, the town, prior to introduction of the ordinance, shall for a minimum of three times in thirty days advertise for and receive other proposals for the exchange of property comparable with the exchange of properties proposed by the town; however, exchanges involved in the relocation of public streets, roads, highways, servitudes, rights-of-way, or public franchises shall not be subject to this requirement. Thereafter, notice of the proposed ordinance must be published three times in fifteen days, one week apart, in a newspaper published in the town or, if there is no such newspaper, in a newspaper having a general circulation in the town, and if there is no newspaper of general circulation in the town, by posting the notice in three public and conspicuous places in the town.

C. Any opposition to the proposed ordinance shall be made in writing and filed with the clerk or secretary of the town within fifteen days after posting of the notice or its first publication. If an opposition is filed, the governing authority shall not adopt the ordinance until a hearing has been held. If the ordinance is adopted, it shall not become effective until ten days after its passage, during which time any interested citizen may apply to the district court having jurisdiction of the town for an order restraining the disposition of the property. After the ordinance becomes effective, it cannot be contested for any reason.

Acts 2003, No. 649, §1, eff. June 27, 2003.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4260 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4260
Contesting election and bonds; prescription
Status: in_force

For a period of sixty days from the date of the promulgation of the result of any election held hereunder, any person in interest may contest the legality of the election, after which time no one shall have any cause of action to contest the regularity, formality or legality of the election for any cause whatever, it shall be conclusively presumed that every legal requirement has been complied with, and no court shall have authority to inquire into such matters after the lapse of sixty days. The resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds shall be published once in a newspaper published in the municipality, or if no newspaper is published therein, then in a newspaper published in the parish in which the municipality is located, or if no newspaper is published in the parish then in a newspaper published in an adjoining parish. For a period of thirty days from the date of the publication any person in interest may contest the legality of the resolution and of the bonds to be issued pursuant thereto and the provisions securing the bonds. After the expiration of thirty days no one shall have any right of action to contest the validity of the bonds or the provisions of the resolution pursuant to which the bonds were issued, and all the bonds shall be conclusively presumed to be legal, and no court shall thereafter have authority to inquire into such matters.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4720.56 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4720.56
Authority
Status: in_force

The New Orleans Redevelopment Authority shall have all the authority and power necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this Chapter, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following authority which shall be in addition to others herein granted:

(1) To undertake and carry out community improvement projects and related activities in accordance with the city's comprehensive plan within its area of operation; and to make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of its authority under this Chapter; and to disseminate slum clearance and community improvement information.

(2) To provide or to arrange or contract for the furnishing or repair by any person or agency, public or private, of services, privileges, works, streets, roads, public utilities, or other facilities for or in connection with a community improvement project, to install, construct, and reconstruct streets, utilities, parks, playgrounds, and other public improvements; and to agree to and fulfill any conditions that it may deem reasonable and appropriate attached to federal financial assistance and imposed pursuant to federal law in the undertaking or carrying out of a community improvement project and related activities, and to include in any contract let in connection with such a project and related activities, provisions to fulfill such of said conditions as it may deem reasonable and appropriate.

(3) Within its area of operation, to acquire by purchase, lease, option, gift, grant, bequest, device, expropriation, or otherwise any real property (or personal property for its administrative purposes) together with any improvements thereon; to hold, improve, clear, or prepare for redevelopment of any such property; to mortgage, pledge, hypothecate, or otherwise encumber or dispose of any real property; to insure or provide for the insurance of any real or personal property or operations of the municipality against any risks or hazards, including the power to pay premiums on any such insurance; and to enter into any contracts necessary to effectuate the purpose of this Chapter; however, no statutory provision with respect to the clearance or disposition of property by public bodies shall restrict the authority exercising powers thereunder, in the exercise of such functions with respect to a community improvement project and related activities, unless the legislature shall specifically so state.

(4) With the approval of the local governing body, after a public hearing as provided in R.S. 33:4720.57(C) prior to approval of a community improvement plan, or approval of any modification of the plan, to acquire real property in a community improvement area, demolish and remove any structures on the property, and pay all costs related to the acquisition, demolition, or removal, including any administrative or relocation expenses; the local governing body may agree to assume the responsibility to bear any loss that may arise as the result of the exercise of authority under this Paragraph in the event that the real property is not made a part of the community improvement plan or project.

(5) To invest any community improvement funds held in reserve or sinking funds or in any such funds not required for immediate disbursement, in property or securities in which public bodies may legally invest funds subject to their control, to redeem such bonds as have been issued pursuant to R.S. 33:4720.61 at the redemption price established therein or to purchase such bonds at less than redemption price, all such bonds so redeemed or purchased to be canceled.

(6) To borrow money and to apply for and accept advances, loans, grants, contributions, and any other form of assistance from the federal government, the state, parish, or other public bodies, or from any sources, public or private, for the purposes of this Chapter, and to give such security as may be required and to enter into and carry out contracts or agreements in connection therewith; and to include in any contract for financial assistance with the federal government for or with respect to a community improvement project and related activities such conditions imposed pursuant to federal laws as the authority may deem reasonable and appropriate and which are not inconsistent with the purposes of this Chapter.

(7) Within its area of operation, to make or have made all surveys and plans necessary to the carrying out of the purposes of this Chapter and to contract with any person, public or private, in the making and carrying out of such plans and to adopt or approve, modify, and amend such plans, which plans may include but are not limited to:

(a) Plans for carrying out a program of voluntary or compulsory repair or rehabilitation of buildings and improvements.

(b) Plans for the enforcement of state and local laws, codes, and regulations relating to the use of land and the use and occupancy of buildings and improvements and for the compulsory repair, rehabilitation, demolition, or removal of buildings, and improvements.

(c) Appraisals, title searches, surveys, studies, and other plans and work necessary to prepare for the undertaking of community improvement projects and related activities.

(8) To develop, test, and report methods and techniques, and carry out demonstrations and other activities within its area of operation, for the prevention and the elimination of slums and urban blight and developing and demonstrating new or improved means of providing housing for families and persons of low income and to apply for, accept, and utilize grants of funds from the federal government for such purposes.

(9) To prepare plans for and assist in the relocation of persons (including individuals, families, business concerns, nonprofit organizations, and others) displaced from a community improvement area and to make relocation payments to or with respect to such persons for moving and readjustment expenses and losses of property for which reimbursement or compensation is not otherwise made, including the making of such payments financed by the federal government. However, no person shall be required to vacate premises from which he is being displaced until the authority has demonstrated the availability of reasonably suitable relocation resources.

(10) To provide, wherever feasible, a preference to such displaced persons, consistent with their status at the time of displacement, including but not limited to a homeowner, tenant, or operator of a business, to return to a community improvement area after its redevelopment, improvement, repair, or rehabilitation and to make payment or reimbursement of reasonable actual costs incurred as a result of utility relocations when such relocations are made necessary in a redevelopment area, after making appropriate adjustment for any improvements or betterments to the utility's facilities made in connection with the relocation.

(11) To close or cause to be closed, vacate, plan, or replan streets, roads, sidewalks, ways, or other places and to plan or cause to be replanned any part of the municipality in accordance with all applicable laws and R.S. 33:4720.57.

(12) To sue and to be sued; adopt and have a seal and to alter the same at pleasure; to make, amend, and repeal bylaws, orders, rules, and regulations in order to effectuate the provisions of this Chapter.

(13) To enter into agreements and contracts with the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, or any other public body, in pursuance of the intent of this Chapter.

(14) To make available to the municipality or any appropriate government agency, the recommendation of the authority affecting any area in its field of operation or property therein, which it may deem likely to promote the public health, morals, safety, or welfare.

(15) To rent or to provide by any other means suitable quarters for the use of the authority or to accept the use of such quarters as may be furnished by the municipality, parish, or other public body and to equip such quarters with such fixtures, furnishings, records, and supplies as the authority may deem necessary to enable it to exercise its powers under this Chapter.

(16) To receive and expend such funds as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Chapter, to apply for, accept, and utilize loans, advances, or grants of funds from the federal government or other sources for any of the purposes of this Chapter.

(17) To make and execute contracts and all other instruments necessary or convenient for the exercise of its powers and functions under this Chapter with any federal or state governmental agency, local political subdivision, public or private corporation, lending institution, or other entity or person, including but not limited to loan contracts for the acquisition, sale or lease, or sale-back or lease-back of property, issuance of bonds, payment of premiums, fees, or charges, and the purchase or guarantee of bonds, notes, loans, or other debt obligations, and to avail itself of the provisions of R.S. 33:4715.1.

(18) Within its area of operation to enter, survey, photograph, evacuate, and secure blighted and abandoned property.

(19) To purchase property at a sale conducted pursuant to enforcement of judicial mortgages created in accordance with R.S. 13:2575(C) by tendering a bid equal to or greater than the minimum bid advertised, which bid may be a credit bid consisting of the obligation of the authority to satisfy the bid by payment to the political subdivision holding the lien being enforced in accordance with intergovernmental agreements between the authority and such political subdivision. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Paragraph, a holder of a conventional mortgage on the property may purchase the property by tendering the highest bid.

(20) To levy annually and cause to be collected ad valorem taxes, provided that the amount, term, and purpose of such taxes, as set out in propositions submitted to a vote in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code, shall be approved by a majority of the qualified electors of the parish voting on the proposition in an election held for that purpose.

(21)(a) To levy and collect sales and use taxes within the boundaries of the authority for such purposes and at such rate as provided by the propositions authorizing their levy, not to exceed in aggregate one percent, which taxes may not exceed the limitation set forth in the Constitution of Louisiana, provided the proposition submitted to a vote in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code shall be approved by a majority of the qualified electors of the parish voting on the proposition in an election held for that purpose. In submitting a sales tax proposition to a vote, the board may enter into a cooperative endeavor agreement with the parish governing authority providing for the sales tax to be divided into parts between the parish and the authority for such purposes and in such amounts as may be set forth in the proposition.

(b) 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 parish, all as defined in R.S. 47:301 et seq.

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

(d) The tax shall be imposed and collected uniformly throughout the parish.

(e) Any tax levied under this Paragraph shall be in addition to all other taxes which the parish or any other political subdivision within the parish is now or hereafter authorized to levy and collect.

(22)(a) To purchase property at a sale conducted pursuant to enforcement of judicial mortgages created in accordance with R.S. 13:2575(C) by tendering a bid equal to or greater than the minimum bid advertised, which bid may be a credit bid consisting of the obligation of the authority to satisfy the bid by payment to the political subdivision holding the lien being enforced in accordance with intergovernmental agreements between the authority and such political subdivision. Such a bid shall be given priority over all other bids regardless of amount, except for a higher bid submitted by a conventional mortgage holder holding a mortgage on the subject property.

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

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

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

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

(24) The authority shall have the right and cause of action to enforce any and all liens and other encumbrances assigned by the city of New Orleans.

(25) To exercise all or any part or combination of powers granted to it in this Chapter.

Acts 2004, No. 349, §1; Acts 2005, No. 437, §1, eff. July 11, 2005; Acts 2008, No. 791, §1; Acts 2010, No. 1030, §1, eff. July 8, 2010; Acts 2013, No. 220, §12, eff. June 11, 2013.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4160.34 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4160.34
Participation in payment of costs
Status: in_force

The city of Lafayette may participate in the payment of the total cost of any project authorized hereunder in such a manner and to such extent that the governing authority of the city may determine, provided that any funds so used by the city shall be in such amounts as it may have available for such purpose and from sources other than the imposition of special assessments. Such participation by the city may be allocated to any one or more projects as the governing authority may determine, and the amount of the city's participation shall be deducted from the total cost of the improvements for the purpose of levying local or special assessments hereunder.

Acts 1992, No. 472, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4690.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4690.2
Functions of board
Status: in_force

The members of the board of commissioners shall meet and organize immediately after their appointment and annually thereafter and elect a chairman, a vice president, secretary and treasurer, whose duties shall be those customarily exercised by such offices. The board of commissioners shall have authority to establish rules and regulations for its own government and for the operation of the authority not inconsistent with law and to employ a manager and other employees and fix their salaries and compensation subject to the approval of the governing body of the parish.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 515, §1, eff. July 13, 1979.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9561 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9561
Bossier Parish Pari-Mutuel Live Racing Economic Redevelopment and Gaming Control Assistance District
Status: in_force

A. Policy. The legislature does hereby find and declare that in order to assist the state and the local governing authorities in the parish of Bossier in the furtherance of the public policy of the state as expressed in R.S. 27:352 including the overall economic development of the state and strategically located geographic areas of the state, especially including the parish of Bossier, and to provide and assure additional revenues to the state and such strategically located geographic areas, and to assist the state in providing that adequate revenues are available to provide for the public policy as expressed in R.S. 27:2, specifically including the regulation and control of slot machine gaming as authorized by Chapter 7 of Title 27 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, it is necessary to create in Bossier Parish a special taxing district.

B. Creation. There is hereby created a special district to be known as the "Bossier Parish Pari-mutuel Live Racing Facility Economic Redevelopment and Gaming Control Assistance District", hereinafter referred to as the "district", as a special taxing district with boundaries coterminous with the parish of Bossier and which shall be a body politic and corporate and a political subdivision of the state. It is hereby determined that the creation of the district and the carrying out of the public purpose of the district is in all respects a public and governmental purpose exercised for the public policies specified in Subsection A of this Section and generally for the improvement of the health, safety, welfare, comfort, and security of the people of the state.

C. Administration of district; governing authority. (1) The district shall be administered and governed by a board of directors of seven persons appointed by the governor and comprised as follows:

(a) Two members appointed by the governor from two lists of three nominees each submitted by the parish governing authority of the parish of Bossier.

(b) Two members appointed by the governor from two lists of three nominees each submitted by the governing authority of the city of Bossier.

(c) One member appointed by the governor from a list of three nominees submitted by the state senators and representatives whose districts include all or a portion of the parish of Bossier.

(d) One member appointed at large by the governor.

(e) One member appointed by the governor from three nominees submitted one each from the governing authority of the towns of Benton, Haughton, and Plain Dealing.

(2) All members of the board of directors shall reside and be domiciled in the parish of Bossier.

(3) All appointed directors shall serve at the pleasure of the governor, and their appointments shall be subject to the consent of the Senate. The governor shall designate the chairman. The board shall elect a vice chairman and treasurer. The board shall appoint a secretary and such other officers, employees, and agents as are deemed necessary by the board. A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum and a majority vote of the directors constituting the quorum shall be necessary for any action taken by the district. No vacancy on the board shall impede the right of the quorum to exercise all of the rights and perform all of the duties of the district. The board shall adopt bylaws and prescribe rules to govern its meetings. The domicile of the board shall be established by the board within the parish of Bossier, Louisiana. The members of the board shall serve without salary or per diem but shall be entitled to reimbursement for reasonable, actual, and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

D. Rights and powers. The district as a body corporate and politic and a political subdivision of the state shall have the following rights and powers:

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

(2) To adopt an official seal and alter the same at its pleasure.

(3) To sue and be sued.

(4) To make and execute any contract, corporate endeavor agreement, or other instrument necessary in the exercise of the powers, duties, and functions of the district.

(5) To transfer all or any portion of the proceeds derived by the district from the imposition and collection of the tax authorized by this Section to the state and to make grants and donations to the state from any of its revenues.

(6) To contract with the state for the collection of the tax authorized by this Section.

(7) To exercise any and all other powers necessary to accomplish the purposes of the district.

E. Tax. (1) In order to provide funds for the policies and purposes as provided in this Section, the district is authorized to levy and collect a tax on taxable net slot machine proceeds as defined in R.S. 27:353 at a rate not to exceed the percentage of fees imposed pursuant to R.S. 27:91(B)(2) and (C) on riverboats located within the boundaries of the district.

(2) The tax so authorized shall be imposed by ordinance or resolution of the district without the need of an election.

(3) The district is specifically authorized to transfer to the state such amounts as are necessary to address the policies established by this Chapter and Chapter 7 of Title 27 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. Specifically (a) the district shall transfer one-fourth of the net proceeds of such tax to the state and the state treasurer is directed to deposit any such amount received in the Pari-mutuel Live Racing Facility Gaming Control Fund to be administered and expended as provided in R.S. 27:392(B)(1) and (2), and (b) the district shall transfer three-fourths of the net proceeds of such tax to the state and the state treasurer is directed to deposit any such amount into the state general fund; however, five percent of the total proceeds transferred to the state shall be deposited in the Bossier Educational Excellence Fund.

(4)(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a licensed eligible facility shall be entitled to a credit against the tax levied pursuant to this Section in an amount equal to the amount of any tax paid to the state pursuant to a tax levied by the state on taxable net slot machine proceeds.

(b) A licensed eligible facility shall be entitled to a credit against the tax levied pursuant to this Section in an amount equal to any annual contribution made by the eligible facility to the Jockey Guild, Inc., to enable the Jockey Guild, Inc., to provide for the health and welfare of its active and retired members and their dependents. The amount of such credit taken in each year shall not exceed one-half of one percent of the annual taxable net slot machine proceeds for the eligible facility for that year.

F. Louisiana preference. In purchasing or contracting for goods and services, the licensed eligible facility shall give preference and priority to Louisiana residents, laborers, vendors, and suppliers except where not reasonably possible to do so without added expense, substantial inconvenience, or sacrifice in operational efficiency. In considering applicants for employment, the licensed eligible facility shall give preference and priority to Louisiana residents, and no less than eighty percent of the persons employed by the licensed eligible facility must have been residents of the state for at least one year immediately prior to employment. If any contract or other agreement to which the licensed eligible facility is a party contains a provision or clause establishing a different percentage or requiring more than fifty percent of the persons employed to be residents of any one parish, any such provision or clause shall be null and void and unenforceable as against public policy.

Acts 1999, No. 308, §1, eff. June 14, 1999.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4545.23 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4545.23
Bonds exempt from taxation
Status: in_force

Bonds, their transfer and the income therefrom, including any profit made on the sale thereof, shall at all times be exempt from all taxation by the state or any political subdivision thereof.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 772, §1, eff. July 20, 1979; Acts 2010, No. 175, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:7605 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 7605
Board of directors; appointment; tenure; compensation
Status: in_force

A. The board of directors of a corporation shall consist of fifteen members appointed and qualified as follows:

(1) The executive officer of such parish or municipality or his designee; two members of the governing body of such parish or municipality, one of whom must represent the district in which a new community development area is located, to be appointed by the executive officer of such parish or municipality; two state senators one of whom must represent the district in which a new community development area is located, to be appointed by the executive officer of such parish or municipality, and two state representatives one of whom must represent the district in which a new community development area is located, to be appointed by the executive officer of such parish or municipality; all of whom shall be ex-officio members of the board of directors and all of whom shall have full voting rights on any matters before the board.

(2) Eight citizens and residents of the parish or municipality appointed by the executive officer of such parish or municipality subject to the approval of the governing body, all of whom shall be of the full age of majority and registered voters of parish or municipality. The executive officer shall designate one of the citizens and residents to serve as chairman of the board of directors.

(3) At any meeting of the board of directors a quorum shall consist of eight members of whom five must be citizen and resident members.

B. The chairman of the board of directors shall be appointed for a term of seven years from the effective date of his appointment. Of the remaining non-ex-officio directors, one shall serve an initial term of six years from the effective date of his appointment, and the other shall serve an initial term of five years from the effective date of his appointment. Thereafter, the non-ex-officio directors of a corporation shall serve for a term of seven years or until their respective successors are appointed and qualified, provided, however, that no director shall continue to serve on the board after he ceases to be a resident of the parish or municipality. If at any time there is a vacancy in the membership of the board of directors by reason of death, resignation, disqualification or otherwise, such vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment.

C.(1) As an alternative to the appointment of a board of directors for the corporation as provided in Subsection A of this Section, the governing body may, at the time of the adoption of an ordinance or resolution under R.S. 33:7604(B), or at any time thereafter by adoption of an ordinance or resolution declare that the board of directors of the corporation shall consist of either:

(a) Those individuals who are serving, from time to time, as the duly elected members of the governing body and the executive officer of the parish or municipality or

(b) The duly appointed directors of any existing development district or agency whose jurisdiction is solely with the parish or municipality and which constitutes a separate taxing district.

(2) Directors appointed pursuant to this Paragraph C shall be ex-officio and shall have full voting rights on any matters before the board.

D. The non-ex-officio directors of a corporation shall receive such salary as may be set by the board. The ex-officio directors shall receive no salary. All directors shall be entitled to reimbursement for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as directors, provided, however, that no expenses incurred for purposes of travel beyond the borders of the state of Louisiana shall be reimbursed unless previously authorized by the board of directors.

Acts 1972, No. 553, §4; Acts 1987, No. 815, §1, eff. July 20, 1987.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.296 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.296
Obligations of the district
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Acts 1989, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 16, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3988 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3988
Additional assessments
Status: in_force

In the event the local and special assessments originally levied are insufficient for any cause whatsoever, to pay the principal and interest, or the principal or interest, in any one year of the said sewerage certificates outstanding at their respective maturity dates, then in that event the sewerage district issuing such sewerage certificates under the provisions of this Sub-part, through its governing authority, is hereby authorized, empowered and obligated by ordinance to levy and collect, at such time or times as may be necessary, an additional local or special assessment on each lot or parcel of real estate in the district or area involved, sufficient in amount to pay in full the said principal and interest, or the principal or interest of such sewerage certificates at their respective maturity dates. The amounts assessed in such ordinance or ordinances shall be due and collectible immediately on its passage and if not paid within thirty days from the date of its adoption, the governing authority of the sewerage district shall proceed against the property for the collection of the amount of the additional local or special assessment so levied, plus interest thereon and ten per cent additional for attorneys' fees. A certified copy of each ordinance providing for the levy and collection of such additional local or special assessment shall be filed with the clerk of court of the parish in which the sewerage district is located promptly upon its adoption, who shall forthwith record the same in mortgage records of the parish and when so filed and recorded shall operate as a lien and privilege against all the real estate therein assessed and shall prime all other liens except taxes, and prior recorded local or special assessments levied for streets or sewerage.

Amended by Acts 1950, No. 462, §8; Acts 1958, No. 395, §6.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2930 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2930
Securities under control of depositing authority
Status: in_force

All securities pledged for deposit of public funds belonging to cities having a population exceeding one hundred fifty thousand either in the physical possession of the depositing authority or deposited under joint custodianship in the safety deposit vault of the depository, or held in trust by any bank or trust company for account of any depositing authority, shall be deemed to be under the control and in the possession of the depositing authority, and shall be delivered into the custody of the commissioner of public finance, or the finance officer, of such cities for the account of such depositing authority when demanded. No depositing authority may make such demand without first having obtained the approval and consent of the governing body of the city.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:201 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 201
Effective date of consolidation
Status: in_force

Consolidation which has been approved as provided in the preceding Sections shall take effect upon the date of expiration of the regular terms of office of the elective officers of the constituent municipality having the least population, and the terms and authority of such officers shall thereupon cease.

The qualified voters of the constituent municipalities shall participate in the next regular municipal election of the consolidated municipalities.

When the consolidation becomes effective, all local boards, committees, commissions or other bodies of the smaller municipality shall cease to function.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2474 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2474
Effective date of provisions
Status: in_force

Any system of municipal fire and police civil service under Act 102 of 1944, as amended, which is in force on the effective date of the Revised Statutes, is continued in effect under the provisions of this Part.

The rights of any person under Act 102 of 1944, as amended, which exist on the effective date of the Revised Statutes are continued in effect. Every rule, classification plan, or allocation established under Act 102 of 1944, as amended, which is in force on the effective date of the Revised Statutes is continued in effect until it is amended or repealed by the proper authority under this Part.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:447.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 447.7
Mayor's court; town of Gramercy; additional court costs
Status: in_force

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

Acts 2003, No. 598, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4320 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4320
Abolition of commission; election
Status: in_force

A utilities commission, once created under authority of this Sub-part, shall remain in existence until abolished by a majority vote of the qualified electors in the municipality at an election called by the municipal governing authority upon petition of twenty-five percent of the qualified electors of the municipality.

Acts 1972, No. 598, §9.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4105 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4105
New Orleans; effectiveness
Status: in_force

The provisions of R.S. 33:4097 to R.S.33:4104, inclusive, are self-operative, and the city of New Orleans and the several boards and bodies therein referred to, shall have full power to carry them into effect. No proceedings or approvals not required by the provisions of said Sections shall be necessary to the validity of any bonds issued thereunder. Any provision of any law in conflict with the provisions of said Sections is hereby repealed.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 167, §1. Acts 1985, No. 731, §1, eff. July 16, 1985.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:5084 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 5084
Risk management organization not an insurance company or insurer
Status: in_force

A. A risk management organization is not an insurance company or an insurer under the laws of this state, and the development and administration by the organization of a group self-insurance refund or funds established for one or more risks shall not constitute doing business as an insurance company. Agreements between affiliates and subsidiaries of housing authorities providing for the creation and maintenance of a risk management organization shall not be deemed to constitute insurance as defined by R.S. 22:46, nor shall the risk management organization or the development of a group self-insurance fund be subject to the provisions of Chapter 1 of Title 22 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

B. Any declaration of coverages issued to its members by the organization shall have the following notice:

"In the event of insolvency of the risk management organization, the members of the organization are not covered by the Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association or the Louisiana Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association, which guarantees only specific types of policies issued by insurance companies authorized to do business in Louisiana."

Acts 2022, No. 686, §1, eff. June 18, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.77 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.77
Securities
Status: in_force

Bonds, certificates, or other evidences of indebtedness issued by the district under this Subpart are deemed to be securities of public entities within the meaning of Chapters 13 and 13-A of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, and shall be subject to defeasance in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 14 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, and may be refunded in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 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 2004, No. 435, §1, eff. June 24, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2031 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2031
Powers and duties of board
Status: in_force

The board shall:

(1) Make regulations necessary for the administration of the fund;

(2) Hear and decide applications for benefits;

(3) Retain and provide compensation for legal, medical, clerical, or other services necessary for the conduct of the affairs of the fund;

(4) Deduct the amounts provided from the salaries of the active participants in the fund and pay them into the treasury of the fund;

(5) Certify to the levying authority the amount of revenues required;

(6) Cause the examination of every disability pensioner or beneficiary at least once a year;

(7) Keep all necessary records of its meetings and proceedings;

(8) Annually, at the close of the fiscal year, cause to be posted in each station house a recapitulation of the fund, showing number of pensioners, amount of disbursements, revenues received, and present condition and manner of investment of the fund; and

(9) Keep a book to be known as "List of Retired Firemen." This book shall give a complete record of the action of the board in retiring or pensioning all persons, showing the names, dates of entering the service, date of removal from active service, and the reason for such action.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1420.31 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1420.31
Local government officials; training; certain municipalities
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, all mayors and members of the governing authorities of municipalities with a population of fifteen thousand persons or less according the latest federal decennial census may participate in workshops and other training courses offered by associations or groups that provide training to local government officials, which are intended to assist such officials in carrying out their duties by enhancing their knowledge of laws regulating their respective municipalities. Any such elected official may use any local government resource provided by such associations or groups to the officials and their respective municipalities.

B. Any association or group provided for in Subsection A of this Section may work jointly to provide workshops, training courses, and other resources to the elected officials and may offer incentives to the officials, such as continuing education credits or certificates for specialization in certain subject matters, to encourage their use of resources and attendance at workshops and training courses.

C. The provisions of this Part are applicable to any person who is appointed temporarily to fill a vacancy in an elective office of any municipality provided for in Subsection A of this Section.

Acts 2024, No. 445, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:5153 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 5153
Power to contract for group liability insurance
Status: in_force

Any political subdivision of this state may make contracts of insurance with any insurance company legally authorized to do business in this state insuring their officers, employees, agents, and officials, elected, appointed, or hired, under policies of group liability insurance, against any personal liability that may arise as a result of their actions taken within the scope and discharge of their duties as public officers, agents, officials or employees.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 265, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4780.44 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4780.44
Amendment of regulations
Status: in_force

Regulations, restrictions, and boundaries established pursuant to this Subpart may, from time to time, be amended, supplemented, changed, modified, or repealed. However, in the event of a protest against a change duly signed and acknowledged by the owners of twenty percent or more, either of the areas of land, exclusive of streets and alleys, included in a proposed change or within an area determined by lines drawn parallel to and two hundred feet distant from the boundaries of the district proposed to be changed, the amendment shall not become effective except by the favorable vote of a majority of the members of the governing authority of the parish. The provisions of R.S. 33:4780.43 relative to public hearing and official notice shall apply equally to all changes or amendments; however, no ordinance shall require a procedure or criteria for amendment any greater than that initially used in establishing such regulations, restrictions, or penalties.

Acts 1993, No. 201, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4255 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4255
Sinking fund
Status: in_force

Any resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds hereunder shall provide for the creation of a sinking fund into which shall be paid from the revenues of the utility, subject only to prior payment of the reasonable and necessary expenses of operating and maintaining the utility, sums fully sufficient to pay the principal and interest of the bonds, and to create such reserve for contingencies as may be required by the resolution. The moneys in the sinking fund shall be applied to the payment of interest on and principal of the bonds or to the purchase or retirement of the bonds prior to maturity in the manner provided in the resolution.

The resolution authorizing their issuance may contain such covenants with the future holder of the bonds as to

(1) the management and operation of the utility,

(2) the imposition and collection of fees and charges for the products, commodities or services furnished thereby,

(3) the disposition of such fees and revenues,

(4) the issuance of future bonds and the creation of future liens and encumbrances against the utility and the revenues thereof,

(5) the carrying of insurance on the properties constituting the utility,

(6) the disposition of the proceeds of any such insurance, and

(7) other pertinent matters, deemed necessary by the governing body to assure the marketability of the bonds, provided such covenants are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Sub-part.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9612 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9612
Local ethics entities
Status: in_force

A local governmental subdivision that is authorized by its home rule charter, by statute, or by ordinance to create local ethics entities, including but not limited to an ethics review board or office of inspector general, or both, may designate the local ethics entity, ethics review board, or office of inspector general as a law enforcement agency and may thereby confer upon the local ethics entity, ethics review board, or office of inspector general all investigative powers and privileges appurtenant to a law enforcement agency under state law, which shall include access to computer systems, information maintained for the use of law enforcement personnel, and any information contained in the criminal history record and identification file of the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information.

Acts 2008, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 18, §1, eff. April 26, 2008; Acts 2010, No. 98, §1, eff. June 1, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:423 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 423
Duties of marshal
Status: in_force

A. The marshal shall be the chief of police and shall be ex officio a constable. He shall have general responsibility for law enforcement in the municipality, and shall be charged with the enforcement of all ordinances within the municipality and all applicable state laws. He shall perform all other duties required of him by ordinance. In those municipalities governed by the provisions of this Part, R.S. 33:321 et seq., which have a chief of police elected by the qualified voters thereof, he shall make recommendations to the mayor and board of aldermen for appointment of police personnel, for the promotion of officers, to effect disciplinary action, and for dismissal of police personnel. Such nominations or recommendations are to be made regardless of race, color, disability, as defined in R.S. 51:2232, or creed.

B. The provisions of Subsection A of this Section shall not be construed to limit or restrict the provisions of R.S. 33:423.3.

C.(1)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section or any other law to the contrary, the elected chief of police of any municipality governed by the provisions of this Part is authorized to immediately effect disciplinary action on police personnel and to dismiss any such personnel subject to the approval of the governing authority of the municipality. Any such disciplinary action or dismissal shall be deliberated by the governing authority at the first special or regular meeting of the governing authority after any such determination has been made by the chief of police.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the elected chief of police in any municipality with a population of not less than one thousand persons and not more than one thousand five persons as of the latest federal decennial census is authorized to effect disciplinary action on police personnel without the approval of the governing authority of the municipality.

(2)(a) The chief of police is additionally authorized to make a provisional appointment to immediately fill any vacancy in the police department occurring by reason of death, resignation, termination, or otherwise subject to the approval of the mayor of the municipality. Any such action taken by the chief of police shall be deliberated at the first special or regular meeting of the governing authority of the municipality after any such provisional appointment has been approved by the mayor. Any such provisional appointment shall remain in effect unless rejected by the governing authority of the municipality.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the elected chief of police in any municipality with a population of not less than one thousand persons and not more than one thousand five persons as of the latest federal decennial census is authorized to appoint police personnel, including the authority to make provisional appointments, subject to the budgetary limitations of the chief of police pertaining to the number of allotted positions for the police department. All appointments shall be subject to the concurrence of the mayor of the municipality.

Amended by Acts 1970, No. 120, §1; Acts 1975, No. 790, §1; Acts 1985, No. 950, §1; Acts 1990, No. 568, §1; Acts 1993, No. 820, §5; Acts 2011, No. 282, §1, eff. June 28, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.126 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.126
Zoning commission; recommendations; public hearing
Status: in_force

The parish planning commission created and established by the provisions of Subpart A of Part IV of Chapter I of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 shall be the zoning commission for Grant Parish and shall exercise all powers, duties and functions herein provided. It shall be the duty of said zoning commission to recommend the boundaries of the various original districts, as well as the restrictions and regulations to be enforced therein, and any supplements, changes, or modifications thereof. Before making any recommendation to the police jury, the zoning commission shall hold a public hearing. Notice of time and place of each such hearing shall be published at least three times in the official journal of the parish, or if there be none, then in a paper of general circulation in the parish, and at least ten days shall elapse between the first publication and the date of the hearing. After the hearing has been held by the zoning commission, it shall make a report of its findings and recommendations to the police jury and the police jury shall not hold its public hearings or take any action until it has received the final report of the zoning commission.

Acts 1988, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 14, §1, eff. Oct. 27, 1988.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4168.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4168.1
Prohibition of municipally owned, operated, or contracted incinerators in residential or commercial areas; certain municipalities
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no municipality with a population of more than five hundred thousand shall maintain any municipally owned, operated, or contracted garbage plants or incinerators in any area of the municipality zoned for residential or commercial use. Any such garbage plant or incinerator located in any such area on September 1, 1984 shall be relocated within one year pursuant to this Section.

Acts 1984, No. 517, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1984.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:5068 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 5068
Privilege
Status: in_force

A. The governing authority shall have a privilege against the subject property for the cost of maintenance it incurs, as documented in the recorded affidavit, and the privilege shall have the ranking priority as to other mortgages and privileges as provided in R.S. 9:4821(A)(1).

B. The cost of maintenance, including charges, costs, and expenses incurred by the governing authority in enforcing such ordinances enacted pursuant to R.S. 33:5065 through 5069, shall be the actual cost thereof to the governing authority, not to exceed a total amount of five thousand dollars in a twelve-month period.

Acts 2012, No. 692, §2, eff. Oct. 1, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4159.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4159.2
Powers of the city council
Status: in_force

A.(1) The city council may establish, by ordinance, procedures regarding the billing policies of the board, including reducing or modifying a bill received by a customer, or waiving late charges or accrued interest, subject to the authority established by the billing ordinance as set forth in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection.

(2) The city council shall establish a billing ordinance working group to review and opine on ordinances before any such ordinance may be considered by the Public Works, Sanitation, and Environmental Committee of the city council, including evaluating the necessity of such an ordinance. This working group shall convene within ninety days of August 1, 2022, to establish procedural guidelines and within thirty days of the filing of an ordinance that impacts any aspect of the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans billing process or policies. The findings of this working group shall be made part of the official record before consideration of any such ordinance drafted pursuant to this Section.

(3) The billing ordinance review working group shall be comprised of the following members:

(a) The chairman of the New Orleans City Council Budget, Audit, and Board of Review Committee, or his designee.

(b) The chairman of the New Orleans City Council Public Works, Sanitation, and Environment Committee, or his designee.

(c) The chairman of the New Orleans City Council Governmental Affairs Committee, or his designee.

(d) A member of the House of Representatives residing in Orleans Parish, or his designee, appointed by the New Orleans City Council president.

(e) A member of the Senate residing in Orleans Parish, or his designee, appointed by the New Orleans City Council president.

(f) The executive director of the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans, or his designee.

(g) The president of the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans, or his designee.

(4) The procedures established by the city council shall be uniformly implemented so as to prevent special treatment as it relates to any bill modification or amnesty.

B.(1) The city council may open an investigation of the board after the occurrence of any catastrophic failure of the city's sewerage and drainage infrastructure. Any information regarding such a failure requested in writing from the board by the city council shall be submitted to the council not later than thirty days after receipt of the written request.

(2) For purposes of this Section, a catastrophic failure shall be defined as an impact to board-owned-and-operated equipment or assets that result in a diminished level of service to more than ten thousand customers and an emergency declaration by the board's general superintendent.

C. The city council may request the attendance of a representative of the board at any meeting of the Public Works, Sanitation, and Environment Committee of the city council.

Acts 2022, No. 711, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2409 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2409
Reinstatement and reemployment
Status: in_force

A. The director shall, subject to the rules, establish and maintain reemployment lists, which shall contain the names of persons who have been regular employees and who were separated from their positions for reasons other than fault or delinquency on their part. The order in which names are placed on reemployment lists shall be established by the rules.

B. A regular employee who has been promoted to a position of a higher class and who is removed from the higher class of position before acquiring full civil service status therein, unless he is removed for disciplinary reasons of a nature to justify dismissal of a regular employee, shall be reinstated in his former position subject to the following:

(1)(a) A regular employee who has been promoted from a position in one organization unit to a position of a higher class in another organization unit and who has been removed during his working test period, or while serving provisionally or on a conditional basis, following such promotion shall be reinstated in his former position in the organization unit from which he was promoted if a vacancy exists therein or shall be reinstated in any other position in which there is a vacancy in the same class in the organization unit from which he was promoted, provided he possesses the qualifications necessary, to be determined by the director, to perform the duties of such position. If reinstated, as herein authorized or required, the employee shall not be required to serve a new working test period. If the employee cannot be reinstated as herein authorized, the director shall, upon the employee's request, to be made by him within a period of two years from removal, place his name on a preferred reemployment list for the class of position from which he was promoted.

(b) The appointing authority of the organization unit, during the time the employee's name remains on the preferred reemployment list, shall not fill any vacancy in the class in which the employee has reinstatement rights, without first offering appointment to, and appointing if he possesses the necessary qualifications and accepts, the employee who has reinstatement rights in the organization unit. If reinstatement cannot be effected as herein authorized, the name of the employee shall also, upon his request to be made within a period of two years from removal, be placed upon a reemployment list for certification to any other organization unit for the class of position from which he was promoted.

(2) Whenever a regular employee has been promoted within an organization unit to a position of a higher class in the same organization unit he shall be granted promotional leave of absence from the position he occupied when promoted until he acquires full civil service status in the position to which he has been promoted, and until he acquires such status the appointing authority may fill his position only in accordance with R.S. 33:2419 relating to conditional and temporary appointments. Should the employee be required to vacate the position to which he has been promoted he shall be reinstated in his former position, or in the alternative, at the discretion of the appointing authority, shall be reinstated in any other position in the organization unit in the same class as his former position in which there is a vacancy.

C. Any person who has resigned from a competitive position, and has requested reinstatement to the position formerly occupied by him, may, upon the request of the appointing authority and with the prior approval of the director, based upon the record of the employee for satisfactory service, be reinstated to the position within a period of two years from the date of separation if a vacancy exists therein. The rules may permit the reinstatement of an employee more than two years after his resignation, where such employee has resigned to enter public service in another jurisdiction, or has resigned to accept an unclassified position in the city service. If reinstatement cannot be effected as herein authorized, the name of the employee, upon his request to be made within a period of two years from date of separation, shall be placed on a reemployment list for a class of position he previously occupied.

D. When a position is temporarily vacated because the incumbent is on authorized leave of absence without pay and the appointing authority desires to fill the position for the duration of the leave of absence, he must do so on a conditional basis by demotion, transfer or from an employment list if a list exists from which certification can be made, subject to the provisions of R.S. 33:2419.

E.(1) Whenever a position held by a regular employee is abolished, the employee shall be reinstated in any position in the same class in the same organization unit in which a vacancy exists provided he possesses the qualifications, to be determined by the director, to perform the duties of the position.

(2) If he cannot be reinstated as herein authorized, the director shall, upon the employee's request to be made within a period of two years from the time his position was abolished, place his name on a preferred reemployment list for the class of the abolished position. The appointing authority of the organization unit, during the time the employee's name remains on the reemployment list, shall not fill any vacancy in the class in which the employee has reinstatement rights, without first offering appointment to, and appointing, if he possesses the necessary qualifications and accepts, the employee who has reinstatement rights in the organization unit.

(3) If reinstatement cannot be effected as herein authorized, the name of the employee shall also, upon his request to be made within a period of two years from the date the position he occupied was abolished, be placed on a reemployment list for the class of position he occupied for certification to any other department.

F. The rules may contain other provisions relating to reinstatement, reemployment, and leaves of absence, not inconsistent with this Part, which are necessary to give effect to the provisions and purposes of this Part.

G. Nothing in this Section shall limit or otherwise restrict the commission from adopting or amending, after public hearing, rules which accord to city employees on authorized military leaves, greater rights of reinstatement, reemployment, or leaves of absence than are herein conferred.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2410 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2410
Establishment of promotion lists and employment lists
Status: in_force

The director shall, subject to the rules, establish and maintain promotion lists and employment lists for the various classes of positions in the classified service which are necessary or desirable to meet the needs of the service. On each promotion list and employment list, the eligibles shall be ranked in the order of their ratings earned in the test given for the purpose of establishing the list, subject, however, to subsequent revision by the director in accordance with R.S. 33:2418.

The director shall, subject to the rules, determine at the time any promotion list or employment list is established, the period during which the list shall remain in force, which shall be not less than six months nor more than three years. The director may extend the period by order made before the expiration of the list, but no list shall be extended to a time more than three years from the original establishment thereof, and a statement of the reasons for any extension shall be entered in the records of the department. The director may consolidate or cancel promotion lists and employment lists as the needs of the service require and as authorized by the rules. Unless otherwise provided in the rules a promotion list or employment list which has been in force for six months or more shall be deemed cancelled upon the establishment of a new promotion list or employment list, for the same class of positions.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3936 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3936
Failure to authorize bond issue
Status: in_force

When an election has been called for a board of sewerage commissioners, and the commissioners have been elected, and subsequent thereto, an election is had for the voting of a tax and the issuance of bonds, and the result of the election shows that the bond issue has failed to carry, the board of sewerage commissioners shall cease to exist.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4121 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4121
New Orleans; rate; fixing; private users of sewerage system; revenue bonds
Status: in_force

A.(1) The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans shall fix the rates to be charged users of the sewerage system, and shall collect the same from all persons who use the sewerage system, provided however:

(a) The city of New Orleans and its public institutions from which no revenue is derived shall be exempt from such charges.

(b) Those accounts of the Orleans Parish School Board which were, prior to July 1, 1992, exempt from paying water charges under the provision of R.S. 33:4096(A)(1) are exempt from paying sewerage charges during the period of said water payment exemption. However, this exemption shall be retroactive to the effective date of said water charge exemptions.

(c) The Orleans Parish School Board shall be exempt from said charges as follows:

(i) Those accounts of the Orleans Parish School Board which have been exempt prior to July 1, 1992, from the payment of water charges are exempt from the payment of sewerage charges and sewerage service charges during the period of said water-payment exemption. However, this exemption shall be retroactive to the effective date of said water-charge exemptions.

(ii) Effective July 1, 1992 through June 30, 1993, each school campus and each nonschool facility of the Orleans Parish School Board shall be exempt from sewerage charges based on water consumed which does not exceed six gallons per day, for the three hundred sixty-five days of that year, for each student enrolled and any other person regularly assigned to that campus or facility within thirty school days of the commencement of the school year. Effective July 1, 1993, and thereafter, each school campus and nonschool facility of the Orleans Parish School Board shall be exempt from all sewerage use charges based on water consumed which does not exceed four gallons per day, per three hundred sixty-five days a year for each student enrolled and any other person regularly assigned to that campus or facility within thirty school days of the commencement of the school year. Effective July 1, 1993, and thereafter, the Orleans Parish School Board also shall be exempt from all sewerage service charges.

(iii) The above exemption is determined by the student/employee census report or equivalent as submitted to the state Department of Education. If said report is discontinued, a similar report shall substitute.

(2) The rates to be charged the users of the sewerage system shall not become effective unless and until approved by the Board of Liquidation, City Debt, and by the council of the city of New Orleans. Prior to taking any decisive action in connection with the rates and at least thirty days before setting rates, the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans shall notify the Board of Liquidation, City Debt, and the council of the city of New Orleans of its intention, and the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans shall hold at least three public meetings to discuss the rates. The public shall be notified of the hearings in the official journal no less than three times within the week prior to each such meeting. Each member of the Board of Liquidation, City Debt, and the council of the city of New Orleans shall be furnished a copy of the transcript of each hearing at least twenty days prior to any action being taken by any of said three public agencies.

(3) These rates shall be equal and uniform for each grade or class of customers, and shall be framed so as to cover the cost of maintenance and operation of the public sewerage disposal system, the construction cost of sewerage treatment plants, cost of improvements, extensions, betterments, and repairs to said system, the establishment of a replacement fund, and the revenues herein required to be raised annually to insure the proper development of said sewerage system and the payment of the interest on and principal of sewerage service revenue bonds; including payments required to be made into sinking funds and debt service reserve funds.

B.(1) The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans, the "sewerage and water board", shall have the power and is hereby authorized to issue from time to time in the name of the city of New Orleans, bonds payable solely out of revenues derived from sewerage service charges for purposes relating to the sewerage system of the city including the refunding of bonds issued under the authority of this Section. Such bonds may be additionally secured by municipal bond insurance, bank guarantees, surety bonds, letters of credit, and other devices to enhance the credit quality of the bonds, the cost of which credit enhancement devices may be paid from the proceeds of the bonds or other lawfully available funds of the sewerage and water board. Such bonds shall be issued pursuant to a resolution or resolutions adopted by the sewerage and water board by affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members thereof, which resolution shall fix all details of such bonds including their form, terms, security, manner of execution, repayment schedule, and redemption features. The resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of such bonds shall not be effective until approved by resolution adopted by affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the council of the city of New Orleans and by a resolution adopted by affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Board of Liquidation, City Debt, the "board of liquidation".

(2) Bonds issued under the authority of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall bear such rate or rates of interest as provided for in R.S. 39:1424 and 1424.1 and shall be sold by the board of liquidation, subject to the limitations and restrictions contained in the resolution or resolutions adopted by the sewerage and water board providing for the issuance of such bonds. The provisions of Chapter 13-A and Chapter 14 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 shall be applicable to all bonds issued under the authority of this Section.

(3) After a resolution authorizing the issuance of sewerage service revenue bonds hereunder has been adopted by the sewerage and water board, it shall be published one time in the official journal of the city of New Orleans provided it shall not be necessary to publish exhibits to such resolution if the same are made available for public inspection and that fact is stated in the publication. For a period of thirty days from the date of publication, any person in interest shall have the right to contest the legality of such resolution and the legality of the bond issue for any cause. After that time no one shall have any cause or right of action to contest the legality of said resolution or of the bonds authorized thereby for any cause whatsoever. If no suit, action, or proceeding is begun contesting the validity of the bond issue within the thirty days herein prescribed, the authority to issue the bonds and to provide for the payment thereof, and the legality thereof and of all of the provisions of such resolution shall be conclusively presumed, and no court shall have authority to inquire into such matters.

(4) Such bonds shall be sold by the board of liquidation at either public or private sale and may be sold at such price or prices (which may be at a discount from par) as may be determined by the board of liquidation. Bonds may be sold at private sale only if such sale is authorized by a vote of two-thirds of the members of the board of liquidation voting on the matter. If the bonds are to be sold at public sale, notice of the sale shall be published in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 39:1426. In the case of a public sale of the bonds, they shall be awarded to the best bidder therefor but the board of liquidation may reject any and all bids received.

(5) Bonds issued hereunder to refund outstanding sewerage service revenue bonds shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 14-A of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes, and for the purposes thereof, the sewerage and water board shall be deemed to be the governing body of the issuer wherever such term is used in said Chapter, provided, however, the refunding bonds shall be sold by the board of liquidation. The provisions of this Subsection B, except for those contained in Paragraphs 6, 7 and 8 hereof, shall apply to refunding bonds issued hereunder. The payments for principal and interest and sinking and debt service funds, the use, deposit and investment of bond proceeds and monies in such funds, and any matters referenced in said Subsections shall be in accordance with the provisions of the resolution authorizing the issuance of the refunding bonds.

(6) The sewerage and water board shall, on the first day of each month, pay to the board of liquidation not less than one-twelfth of the amount required to be paid to the board of liquidation in the current calendar year by the terms of the resolution or resolutions of the sewerage and water board authorizing the issuance of sewerage service revenue bonds hereunder for the payment of interest on and principal of such bonds due in said year and for payments required to be made in said year into the sinking fund or funds and debt service reserve funds. Such sinking funds and debt service funds required to be established by the resolution of the sewerage and water board shall be in the custody and under the control of the board of liquidation, which shall require the sewerage and water board to keep a balance in such sinking fund and debt service reserve funds at all times sufficient to meet the interest on and principal of all outstanding sewerage service revenue bonds payable solely out of revenues derived from sewerage service rates, for the next succeeding twelve month period, or such greater amount as may be provided by the resolution of the sewerage and water board.

(7) The board of liquidation may, in its discretion, invest any of the proceeds of such sewerage service revenue bonds, debt service funds, and debt service reserve funds in such investments as it is authorized by law to make and such proceeds shall be so invested whenever an officer designated by the sewerage and water board requests the investment thereof.

(8) The proceeds of the sale of such sewerage service revenue bonds shall be paid to the board of liquidation for the sewerage and water board, and shall be deposited in a special sewerage service revenue bond account, and shall be used solely and exclusively for the construction of sewerage treatment plants, improvements, extensions, betterments and repairs to the public sewerage system of the city of New Orleans, or for the acquisition of land to be used in connection therewith. All funds in said sewerage service revenue bond account shall be paid out by the board of liquidation pursuant to warrants drawn by the sewerage and water board in the same manner as funds are now withdrawn under the provisions of R.S. 33:4094.

C. The Sewerage and Water Board in the resolution authorizing the issuance of sewerage service revenue bonds shall make such covenants with respect to the fixing and collection of sewerage service rates; the use of the revenues derived therefrom; the operation and maintenance of the sewerage system of the city, including insurance of such properties and insurance against other risks; and it shall provide therein for the payment of enough revenues into the funds created for the payment of the interest on such sewerage service revenue bonds and for the payment, amortization or redemption of such bonds as may be deemed expedient by the Board of Liquidation, City Debt, to insure the sale of said bonds on the best possible terms.

D. So long as any of the sewerage service revenue bonds shall be outstanding, the Sewerage and Water Board shall fix sewerage service rates which shall be sufficient to produce revenues over and above the amount required for operation and maintenance of the sewerage system of the city of New Orleans, which shall be not less than the amount set forth in the resolution authorizing the issuance of said bonds.

E. The Board of Liquidation, City Debt, is empowered by appropriate judicial proceedings to compel the Sewerage and Water Board to fix sewerage service rates which will produce such net revenues as required in the resolution adopted by the Sewerage and Water Board authorizing the issuance of any sewerage revenue bonds and to perform and do such other acts as the Sewerage and Water Board is required to do as provided herein.

F. All such Sewerage Service Revenue Bonds shall be issued in the name of the city of New Orleans, but such bonds shall be excluded in applying any limitation upon the power of the city of New Orleans to issue bonds for any purpose, and such bonds shall bear on their face a statement that they do not constitute a debt of said city, but are payable, as to principal and interest, solely out of the sewerage service revenues pledged for that purpose.

G. Such sewerage service revenue bonds shall constitute negotiable instruments, and the issuance thereof shall be subject to no limitation of indebtedness or other limitation prescribed by the constitution and laws of the state of Louisiana, except as set forth in this Section.

H. The provisions hereof, and the resolutions of the Sewerage and Water Board authorizing the issuance of sewerage service revenue bonds hereunder, and the resolutions of the council of the city of New Orleans and of the Board of Liquidation, City Debt, approving the resolutions of the Sewerage and Water Board, shall constitute a contract between the state of Louisiana, the city of New Orleans, the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans, the Board of Liquidation, City Debt, and the holders of such sewerage service revenue bonds. The holders of such bonds shall have the right by injunction, mandamus, or other appropriate remedy to enforce the payment of said bonds and the interest thereon and the observance of the covenants made in the resolutions authorizing the issuance of said bonds.

I. The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans may use the collections from sewerage service rates charged to private consumers for the maintenance and operation of the public sewerage system; construction of sewage treatment plants; the cost of improvements, extensions, betterments, and repairs to said system; the establishment and maintenance of a replacement fund; and to provide for the payment of interest on and principal of such sewerage service revenue bonds, including payments required to be made to any sinking fund for the amortization of such bonds, and for the creation of debt service reserves for said bonds.

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

Added by Acts 1976, No. 167, §1. Amended by Acts 1979, No. 622, §1; Acts 1985, No. 731, §1, eff. July 16, 1985; Acts 1992, No. 706, §1, eff. July 6, 1992; Acts 2004, No. 210, §1, eff. June 14, 2004; Acts 2005, No. 283, §1, eff. June 29, 2005; Acts 2012, No. 329, §1, eff. May 25, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2570 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2570
City of Harahan; assistant chief of police
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:2541 or any other provision of law to the contrary, the position of assistant chief of police of Harahan is in the unclassified service. The right of selection, appointment, supervision, and discharge for the position is vested in the chief of police of the city.

B.(1) Any person who is appointed from a position in the classified police service to serve as assistant chief of police shall not forfeit his seniority accumulated to the date of his appointment, and he shall continue to accumulate seniority in accordance with the provisions of this Part during the time he holds the position of assistant chief of police. The assistant chief of police shall serve indefinitely in the position and shall be evaluated every three years by the chief of police. After each evaluation by the chief of police, the chief may reconfirm the assistant chief for another three-year period, or may, at his discretion, demote the assistant chief to his former class of position.

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

Acts 2011, No. 247, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.71 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.71
Ward One Economic Development Board of Calcasieu Parish; creation; purpose
Status: in_force

A. The Ward One Economic Development Board of Calcasieu Parish is hereby created. The primary object and purposes of the board shall be to promote, encourage, and participate in economic development activities for Ward One of Calcasieu Parish.

B. For purposes of this Subpart, "economic development activities" shall include but shall not be limited to activities, projects, and endeavors that will accomplish or enhance the opportunity for any of the following:

(1) Growth and development of the Ward One area and the prosperity and welfare of the people of the ward.

(2) Expansion, restoration, improvement, or development of existing commercial structures in the Ward One area.

(3) Full use of underutilized resources of the Ward One area.

(4) Expansion and development of the tax base of the Ward One area.

(5) Improved communication among and coordination of federal, state, regional, and local programs in Louisiana, as well as private sector programs and projects.

Acts 2001, No. 377, §1, eff. July 1, 2001.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3075 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3075
Liberal construction
Status: in_force

This Part does and shall be construed to provide a complete method for the doing of the things authorized by this Part. The provisions of this Part shall be liberally construed for the accomplishment of its purposes.

Acts 2005, No. 10, §1, eff. June 9, 2005.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4743 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4743
Repairing buildings
Status: in_force

Such municipalities may prohibit material repairs to frame buildings within the fire limits, and reasonably regulate repairs on other than frame buildings therein. "Material repairs," as above used, shall mean not only those repairs that increase the fire risk, but also those that appreciably tend to perpetuate it.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4720.89 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4720.89
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) "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 parish, 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. 33:4720.85(E), it shall constitute a "blighted area".

(2) "Community improvement area" means a slum area or a blighted area or a combination thereof which the parish governing authority designates as appropriate for a community improvement project.

(3) "Community improvement plan" means a general plan for a community improvement project, which plan shall conform to the general plan for the parish as a whole except as provided in R.S. 33:4720.85(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. 33:4720.85(D).

(4) "Community improvement project" means undertakings and activities for the elimination and prevention of the development or spread of slums and blight 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 or blighted 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) 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 for dwelling use or related facilities, 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, 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, railway 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 parish governing 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.

(5) "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 St. Charles Parish Council to be necessary to enable them without financial assistance to live in decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings without overcrowding.

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

(7) "Fire hazard" shall mean anything or any act which increases or may cause an increase of the hazard or menace of fire to a greater degree than that customarily recognized as normal.

(8) "Infestation" shall mean the presence within or around a dwelling of large numbers of insects, rodents, or other pests to the extent that they may be reasonably calculated to cause harm to a person or to the structure.

(9) "Nuisance" shall mean whatever is dangerous or potentially dangerous to human life or detrimental or potentially detrimental to health, including but not limited to any of the following:

(a) Any condition or use of any land, building, or dwelling or any operation thereon or therein that causes or may cause a person of ordinary curiosity to desire to examine such condition, use, or operation and that is reasonably calculated to cause harm to such person, whether the condition, use, or operation is located in a building, on the premises of a building, or on a vacant lot. This Paragraph includes, without limitation, any abandoned wells, shafts, basements, or excavations, abandoned refrigerators or motor vehicles, structurally unsound fences or other structures, or any lumber, trash, fence, debris, or vegetation reasonably calculated to be a hazard for inquisitive persons.

(b) Insufficient ventilation or illumination.

(c) Inadequate or unsanitary sewerage or plumbing facilities.

(d) Uncleanliness, as determined by the director of Planning and Zoning.

(e) Whatever renders air, food, or drink unwholesome or detrimental to the health of human beings as determined by the director of Planning and Zoning.

(f) A dwelling, building, or structure or the use thereof that is dangerous or potentially dangerous to the physical health or safety of an occupant or other person or to the general welfare.

(g) Scrap lumber, junk, trash, debris, glass, or used building material.

(h) Abandoned, discarded, or unused objects of equipment, such as automobiles, furniture, stoves, refrigerators, freezers, cans, or containers.

(10) "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.

(11) "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.

(12) "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.

(13) "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. 33:4720.84(4).

(14) "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, 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. 583, §1, eff. June 25, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4720.114 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4720.114
Property exempt from taxes and from levy and sale by virtue of an execution
Status: in_force

A. All property of the authority, including funds owned or held by it for the purpose of this Chapter, shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution, and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the same nor shall judgment against the authority be a charge or lien upon such property; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to or limit the right of obligees to pursue any remedies for the enforcement of any pledge or lien given pursuant to this Chapter by the authority on its rents, fees, grants, or revenues from community improvement projects; further, the provisions of this Section shall not apply to or limit the right of an obligee to foreclose or otherwise enforce the terms and provisions of any mortgage, note, or other security given by the authority in connection with any immovable property owned by it.

B. The property of the authority acquired or held for the purposes of this Chapter is declared to be public property used for essential public and governmental purposes, and such property shall be exempt from all taxes of the municipality, the parish, the state, or any political subdivision thereof or any other taxing body; but such tax exemption shall terminate when the authority sells, leases, or otherwise disposes of the property in a community improvement area to a purchaser or lessee which is not a public body entitled to tax exemption with respect to the property; however, when any property or portion thereof reenters commerce while owned by the authority or any other public body, the tax exemption herein provided for shall cease as long as such property or portion thereof is used in commerce.

Acts 2007, No. 380, §1, eff. July 10, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3530 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3530
Sale and delivery of certificates
Status: in_force

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

Acts 1952, No. 379, §10.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1973 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1973
Regulation of the department; safety equipment
Status: in_force

A.(1)(a) The fire department shall furnish to all full-time paid fire protection personnel who engage in fire fighting protective clothing which complies with minimum standards promulgated by the National Fire Protection Association (N.F.P.A.) or its successor.

(b) The term "protective clothing" shall mean garments including turnout coats, bunker coats, boots, gloves, trousers, and helmets worn by fire fighters in the course of performing fire fighting operations.

(2) The fire department may furnish the protective equipment by providing and maintaining the prescribed protective clothing.

B.(1) The fire department shall see to it that every self-contained breathing apparatus purchased by the department complies with the minimum approval and certification requirements of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health or its successor.

(2) The department shall additionally provide for complete tests of all self-contained breathing apparatus utilized by the department at least once every ninety days. The tests shall conform with testing procedures recommended by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health or the American National Standards Institute, Inc.

C. The department shall furnish the personnel who regularly engage in fire fighting with aerial ladders, fire pumpers, ground ladders, and fire hoses which meet the standards of the National Fire Protection Association or its successor and shall provide for the complete testing of this equipment at least once every year, according to N.F.P.A. standards.

D. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to volunteer fire departments.

Acts 1984, No. 895, §1, eff. July 20, 1984.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3721 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3721
Street defined
Status: in_force

The word "street" as used in this Part shall mean any public highway, boulevard, esplanade, square or street, or any part or side of the same, within the limits of any incorporated municipality having a population in excess of fifty thousand inhabitants.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4548.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4548.5
Powers of the authority
Status: in_force

A. The authority shall have all of the powers necessary to give effect to and carry out the purpose and provisions of this Chapter, including, in addition to all other powers granted by other provisions of this Chapter, the powers:

(1) To sue and be sued.

(2) To adopt an official seal and alter the same at its pleasure.

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

(4) To maintain an office at such place as it may designate.

(5) To make and execute contracts and all other instruments necessary or convenient for the exercise of its powers and functions under this Chapter with any federal or state governmental agency, local political subdivision, public or private corporation, lending institution, or other entity or person, including but not limited to loan contracts for the acquisition, sale or lease, or sale-back or lease-back of property, issuances of bonds, payment of premiums, fees, or charges, and the purchase or guarantee of bonds, notes, loans, or other debt obligations of political subdivisions of the state, issuance and security of bonds for nonprofit organizations for economic development, and to avail itself of the provisions of Parts VII and XII of Chapter 4 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

(6) To accept, administer, and expend donations of movable or immovable property from any source; and receive, administer, and expend appropriations from the legislature and financial assistance, guarantees, insurance, or subsidies from the federal or state government or a private source.

(7) To procure or provide for the procurement of insurance or reinsurance against any loss in connection with its property or operations, including but not limited to insurance, reinsurance or other guarantees from any federal or state governmental agency or private insurance company for the payment of any bonds issued by the authority, or bonds, notes, or any other obligations or evidences of indebtedness issued by the state or any political subdivision or by any lending institution or other entity or person, or insurance or reinsurance against loss with respect to loans to political subdivisions, including the power to pay premiums on such insurance or reinsurance.

(8) To insure, coinsure, reinsure, or cause to be insured, coinsured, or reinsured loans to and bonds or obligations issued by any participating political subdivision for authorized projects and pay or receive premiums on such insurance, coinsurance, or reinsurance and establish reserves for losses and participate in the insurance, coinsurance, or reinsurance to political subdivisions of loans with the federal or state government or any private insurance company.

(9) To borrow money and issue negotiable bonds, or other obligations on behalf of or for the benefit of or for any participating political subdivision, in the principal amounts and for the purposes authorized by law, and to provide for the rights of the owners of such bonds, notes, or other obligations, and to provide other financing assistance to participating political subdivisions.

(10) To invest any funds held in reserve or sinking funds, or any monies not required for immediate use or disbursements at the discretion of the authority in any investments or securities in which monies of the state are authorized to be invested.

(11) In connection with the issuance of bonds or obligations of the authority, to make and collect such rents, fees, and charges, including but not limited to, reimbursement of all costs of financing by the authority as the authority shall determine to be reasonable and required.

(12) To accept any gifts or grants or loans of funds or financial or other aid in any form from the federal government or instrumentality thereof or from the state or from any other source and to comply, subject to the provisions of this Chapter, with the terms and conditions thereof.

(13) To appoint an executive director to administer the affairs of the authority. The executive director shall be appointed and serve at the pleasure of the board of directors.

(14) To purchase movable and immovable property, supplies, and devices in bulk on behalf of the participating political subdivisions.

(15) To exercise the power of expropriation in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 19:1 et seq.

(16) To avail itself of the provisions of R.S. 33:1321 et seq. and R.S. 33:9020 et seq.

(17) To contract with professionals and to pay such professionals for services rendered.

(18) To assist in the financing of any project to be constructed by a participating political subdivision and the purchase of any major equipment by a participating political subdivision, provided that any such project or purchase shall be in accordance with the state public bid law.

(19) To exercise any and all powers possessed by any political subdivision necessary or convenient to effect the purposes of this Chapter.

(20) To loan money to any political subdivision, state agency, or other eligible entity under any loan guaranty program of any department or agency of the United States, including the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Utility Services Water and Waste Disposal Guaranteed Loan Program and Community Program Guaranteed Loan Program or any successor guaranty program.

(21) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, to contract to exercise powers of the authority and to enter into contracts which the authority deems necessary in carrying out the authority's powers.

(22) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, to contract with any political subdivision for the exercise by the authority of any of the authority's powers as set out in this Chapter.

(23) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, to contract or invest any funds, monies, or bond proceeds of the authority or of any political subdivision in such manner as shall be deemed by the authority to be prudent.

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

C. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the powers of the authority pursuant to this Section shall extend to all parishes of the state. The authority may exercise these powers directly or through the establishment of a joint commission by entering into a local services agreement with a parish or municipality pursuant to R.S. 33:1321 et seq. The service area of the authority or a joint commission established in this manner shall be the state unless otherwise limited pursuant to the terms of the local services agreement.

Acts 1991, No. 813, §1; Amended Acts 1997, No. 1151, §1, eff. July 14, 1997; Acts 2003, No. 588, §1, eff. June 27, 2003; Acts 2023, No. 154, §1, eff. June 7, 2023.

NOTE: See Acts 2003, No. 588, §2, relative to intent and construction of Act.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9721 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9721
Local authority to create districts and commissions
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any municipality or parish within the state of Louisiana shall have the authority to create, organize, and establish districts and commissions within its jurisdictional boundaries through the passage of an ordinance. Districts and commissions that already have been established by law prior to the enactment of this statute shall remain in full effect and continue to operate under the terms of each entity's respective enabling statutes or ordinances.

Acts 2025, No. 452, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.11
Designation of industrial areas; feasibility; assistance by state agencies
Status: in_force

Subject to the written approval of fifty-one percent in interest of the landowners of the proposed industrial area, parish governing authorities may establish industrial areas composed of territory wholly within the parish boundaries and without the boundaries of any municipality. Such areas may be designated only after the feasibility therefor has been established by land use studies conducted by parish planning commissions, parish development boards or other similar recognized authorities. Cooperation and assistance in the preparation and evaluation of such studies may be rendered by state agencies equipped to conduct such studies when requested to do so by any parish governing authority provided that where municipal boundaries are co-extensive with parish boundaries, the municipal governing authorities may establish industrial areas within the municipal boundaries.

Added by Acts 1964, No. 406, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1238 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1238
Notice; hearing and determination
Status: in_force

The police jury desiring to take such action shall give public notice thereof in the official journal of the parish for a period of at least thirty days. The notice shall give the date, hour, and place of a meeting to be held for the purpose of authorizing the closing of the canal or stream. The notice shall likewise designate and name the canal or stream they propose to close or dam. The police jury shall then hold a public hearing at the date, hour, and place designated in the notice, and allow all interested parties to be heard for or against the proposition. After the hearing, if the facts and findings warrant the police jury to take such action in closing or damming the stream as advertised, it shall then have the authority and power to do so.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.29 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.29
Board of appeals
Status: in_force

A.(1) The zoning ordinances shall provide for a board of appeals comprised of seven members, all of whom shall be appointed by the city council.

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

(3) Members shall serve without compensation.

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

(5) A member may be removed for cause stated in writing and after a public hearing.

B. The zoning ordinance may provide and specify general rules to govern the organization and procedure of such board of appeals, which rules shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Subpart.

C. The zoning ordinance may provide that the board of appeals may permit special exemptions to the zoning regulations in the classes of cases or situations and in accordance with the principles, conditions, safeguards, and procedures specified in the ordinance. The ordinance may also authorize the board of appeals to interpret the zoning maps and pass upon disputed questions of lot lines or district boundary lines or similar questions as they arise in the administration of the zoning regulations. The ordinance may also authorize the board of appeals to grant a variance from the strict application of zoning regulations where other procedures for variance or modification are not specified in the zoning ordinance.

D. Appeals to the board of appeals may be taken by any person aggrieved or by any officer, department, board or bureau of the municipality affected by any grant or refusal of a building permit or other act or decision of the building inspector or permit and zoning clerk of the municipality or other administrative official based in whole or in part upon the provisions of any ordinance enacted under this Subpart.

E. The board of appeals shall have the following powers:

(1) To hear and decide appeals where it is alleged by the appellant that there is error in any order, requirement, permit, decision, or refusal made by the municipal building commissioner or any other administrative official in the carrying out or enforcement of any provision of any ordinance enacted pursuant to this Subpart.

(2) To hear and decide, in accordance with the provisions of any such ordinance, request for special exceptions or for interpretations of the map or for decisions upon other special questions upon which such board is authorized by any such ordinance to pass.

(3) To hear and decide on requests for a variance from the strict application of the zoning regulations where no other procedure for obtaining relief is specified in the ordinance and where due to exceptional topographic conditions or other extraordinary and exceptional characteristics of a specific piece of property, the strict application of regulations would result in peculiar and exceptional or undue hardship upon the owner of such property, provided such relief may be granted without substantial detriment to the public good and without substantially impairing the intent and purpose of the zoning plan and zoning ordinance.

Acts 1962, No. 52, §29; Acts 2020, No. 294, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:106 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 106
General powers and duties
Status: in_force

A.(1) A parish planning commission shall make and adopt a master plan for the physical development of the unincorporated territory of a parish.

(2) A municipal planning commission shall make and adopt a master plan for the physical development of the municipality.

B.(1) Any such plan shall provide a general description or depiction of existing roads, streets, highways, and publicly controlled corridors, along with a general description or depiction of other public property within the jurisdiction that is subject to the authority of the commission.

(2) Any such plan, with the accompanying maps, plats, charts, and descriptive matter may include a commission's recommendations for the development of the parish or municipality, as the case may be, including, among other things, the general location, character, and extent of railroads, highways, streets, viaducts, subways, bus, street car and other transportation routes, bridges, waterways, lakes, water fronts, boulevards, parkways, playgrounds, squares, parks, aviation fields, and other public ways, grounds, and open spaces; the general location of public buildings, schools, and other public property; the general character, extent and layout of public housing and of the replanning of blighted districts and slum areas; the general location and extent of public utilities and terminals, whether publicly or privately owned or operated, for water, light, sanitation, communication, power, transportation, and other purposes; and the removal, relocation, widening, narrowing, vacating, abandonment, change of use, or extension of any of the foregoing ways, grounds, open spaces, buildings, property, utilities, or terminals.

C. As the work of making the whole master plan progresses, a commission may from time to time adopt and publish a part or parts thereof, any such part to cover one or more major sections or divisions of the parish or municipality, as the case may be, or one or more of the aforesaid or other functional matters to be included in the plan. A commission may from time to time amend, extend, or add to the plan.

D. Where a municipal planning commission has been established under the authority of this Subpart, it shall also serve as a municipal zoning commission, and when acting as such, it shall hold separate meetings with separate minutes and records.

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

NOTE: See Acts 2004, No. 859, §2, relative to applicability of Act.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4064.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4064.2
Composition; terms, compensation; quorum
Status: in_force

A. The commission shall be comprised of seven members, as follows: two appointed by the governor; four appointed by the governing authority of St. Tammany Parish; and the president of said parish governing authority, or his designee, which designee must be a member of the governing authority of St. Tammany Parish. Each appointed member shall be a registered voter of St. Tammany Parish and a resident of the parish for at least two years prior to his appointment.

B. The initial members of the commission shall serve terms as follows: of the members appointed by the governor, one shall serve a one-year term and one shall serve a two-year term, as designated by the governor, and of the members appointed by the parish governing authority, two shall serve three-year terms and two shall serve four-year terms, as designated by said authority. Thereafter, all appointed members shall serve four-year terms.

C. In the event that an appointed member of the commission is elected to any office or moves his residence outside St. Tammany Parish, his membership on the commission shall be vacated, and his successor shall be immediately appointed by the original appointing authority.

D. All members of the commission shall be subject to the Code of Governmental Ethics, R.S. 42:1101, et seq.

E. Removal of commission members from office shall only be for cause.

F. Each commission member shall receive compensation in an amount of fifty dollars per meeting of the commission for no more than twenty-four meetings in any one calendar year. Each member shall also be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in performance of his official duties.

G. Four members of the commission shall constitute a quorum. The commission shall adopt rules fixing its meetings and procedures; such rules may be amended only by a two-thirds vote of the membership of the commission at a regular meeting. All meetings shall be held in accordance with the rules adopted by the commission and shall be open and public. All transactions of the commission shall be recorded in writing, and records of the commission shall be public.

Acts 1986, No. 934, §1; Acts 1989, No. 782, §1, eff. July 9, 1989.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4258 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4258
Election to authorize issuance of bonds
Status: in_force

Before the resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds under this Subpart is adopted by the governing body, the question of the issuance of the bonds shall be submitted and approved at either a special or general election which shall be ordered, conducted and canvassed in accordance with either of the following election procedures, at the discretion of the governing body:

(1) The question of the issuance of the bonds may be submitted to and approved by votes of a majority in number and amount of the property taxpayers who vote at an election held hereunder. In the event the governing body elects to order a property taxpayers' election, all matters pertaining thereto, including the qualifications of voters and the manner of calling and conducting the election and canvassing and promulgating the results thereof shall be governed by the provisions of Chapter 4, Subtitle II, Title 39.

(2) The question of the issuance of the bonds may be submitted to and approved by a majority of the qualified electors of the municipal corporation who vote at an election held therein substantially in accordance with the general election laws of the state of Louisiana, except that the election shall be ordered, conducted, canvassed and notice thereof published by the governing body in accordance with the procedures set forth in Chapter 4, Subtitle II, Title 39, except where inconsistent with the provisions of this section. In the event the governing body elects to order such an election, all qualified resident electors shall be entitled to vote in the election and voters shall not be required to sign a ballot. Voting machines shall be used in the holding of this type of election and assessed valuation shall not be voted in the election.

In the event a property taxpayers' election has heretofore been held and promulgated approving the issuance of bonds under this Subpart, as contemplated in Subparagraph (1) above, the governing body may proceed with the issuance and sale of such bonds without complying with the provisions of this section and without any further election approval.

All bonds heretofore issued under the provisions of this Subpart are hereby validated, ratified and confirmed and declared to be valid and binding obligations of the municipal corporation in accordance with the terms of their issuance in spite of any one or more irregularities which may have occurred in the passage of this Subpart or question which might be raised as to the constitutionality of any procedural provision of this Subpart. All proceedings heretofore had in connection with the issuance of such bonds are hereby ratified, validated and confirmed.

Amended by Acts 1968, Ex.Sess., No. 33, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4363 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4363
Petition requesting sale of franchise for railway; advertising for bids; sale of franchise
Status: in_force

Upon the presentation to any police jury of a written petition signed by a majority in number and amount of the abutting property holders along any public road, requesting the police jury to advertise and sell a franchise to construct, maintain, and operate, for a term mentioned in the petition not to exceed ninety-nine years, a railway utilizing electric or motive power other than steam on the road, the police jury shall, at a public meeting called for that purpose, canvass the petition. If it decides that a majority in number and amount of the abutting property holders on the public road have signed the petition, it shall proceed forthwith to fix the terms and specifications of the franchise, incorporating therein any special condition or specification requested, and to advertise the same for thirty days in the official journal of the parish, or in case there is no official journal, then in any newspaper published in the parish, and when no newspaper is published in the parish, then by posting in a conspicuous manner at the court house door of the parish, inviting bids for the franchise. On the day fixed by the advertisement, the president of the police jury shall, by public auction, sell the franchise to the bidder offering the highest cash price.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.736 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.736
Funding of the district
Status: in_force

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

B.(1) The board may 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, provided the proposition submitted to a vote in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code shall be approved by a majority of the qualified electors of the district voting in an election held for that purpose.

(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 et seq.

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

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

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

D. All funds derived under this Section may be used for any expenses or purposes of the district.

Acts 2007, No. 87, §1, eff. July 1, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:7574.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 7574.1
Board of commissioners; Beachfront Development District No. Two of Cameron Parish
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:7574, the board of commissioners of Beachfront Development District No. Two of Cameron Parish shall be governed by a board of six commissioners who shall be qualified voters and residents of the district. The additional member of the board provided for by this Section shall be appointed by the parish governing authority and shall be a qualified voter and resident of the parish. Such member shall be appointed for an initial term of five years. The successors of such member shall be appointed for terms of five years as provided for other members of the board.

Acts 2005, No. 157, §1, eff. July 1, 2005.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1246.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1246.8
Procedure in organizing district
Status: in_force

In the creation of an ambulance service district, the police jury shall at the same time designate a time and place for the first meeting of the commission, the meeting to take place within sixty days from the date of their appointment. At the first meeting of the commission, they shall proceed to organize by electing a chairman and a vice chairman.

It shall be the duty of the chairman to preside over the meetings of the commission and to perform such other duties as are usually required of presidents or chairmen of the other corporate bodies. It shall be the duty of the vice chairman to act in the absence of the chairman and in case of the disability of the chairman to act.

The commission shall elect the director of the ambulance service district who shall serve as secretary and treasurer for the commission. The director shall furnish a surety bond in a sum equal to the amount of taxes collected in said district during any one year. The premium on this bond shall be paid by the ambulance district out of its funds. The commission shall have authority to fix his salary and define his authority and duties not otherwise provided in this Chapter. The director shall assume the responsibilities of the office and shall hold his office at the pleasure of the commission.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 369, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4461 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4461
Limitation on cable television fees and charges
Status: in_force

No police jury, municipality, or other local governing authority empowered to grant cable television franchises shall charge any franchise fee of any kind in excess of that authorized by federal law.

Added by Acts 1980, No. 793, §1. Amended by Acts 1988, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 8, §1, eff. Oct. 27, 1988; Acts 1990, No. 57, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1247.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1247.1
Powers of the governing authority of the parish of Jefferson; ambulance service district
Status: in_force

A. The governing authority for the parish of Jefferson is authorized and empowered, upon its own initiative, to form and create one or more ambulance service districts within the parish of Jefferson. The governing authority for the parish of Jefferson is further authorized to alter the boundaries of any ambulance service district, provided that no such boundary change shall cause an impairment of the obligations of any contract of the ambulance service district. Any ambulance service district so created shall include all or part of the territory in the parish, provided that any incorporated municipality included within the boundaries of the district is included in its entirety. However, before an incorporated municipality may be included within the territory of the ambulance service district, the governing authority of the municipality shall first concur by proper resolution in its inclusion and in the boundaries to be fixed for the district.

B. Notice of intention to create an ambulance service district shall be ordered by resolution or ordinance of the parish governing authority, concurred in by the governing authority of any municipality to be included in the district. The resolution shall state the boundaries proposed for the ambulance service district. The notice shall set forth the boundaries and shall state that the parish governing authority will, in open session, on a date and at an hour and place named, proceed to create the proposed district. This notice shall be published once a week for two successive weeks, the first publication being not less than fifteen days before the date fixed for the hearing, in a newspaper published in the parish, or, if there be none, in a newspaper having general circulation in the parish.

C. At the place and time specified in the notice provided for in Subsection B of this Section, the governing authority of the parish shall hear all objections which may be interposed to the boundaries of the district and to the inclusion of the property proposed to be included in the district. It may adjourn the hearing from time to time. At this hearing the parish governing authority may change the boundaries of the proposed district by excluding therefrom the lands of persons objecting or by including therein the lands of persons petitioning to be included therein. After disposing of all objections, the parish governing authority shall, if it decides to create the district, adopt a resolution or ordinance fixing the boundaries of the district and giving it a numerical designation and name. However, as provided in Subsection A, the governing authority of any municipal corporation which is included in the district must, by resolution adopted after the boundaries of the district are fixed, concur in the fixing of the boundaries before the action of the parish governing authority becomes final. The decision of the parish governing authority, so concurred in by any municipality as provided, is final and conclusive and notice of the formation of the district shall be given immediately by one publication in the newspaper in which the original notice of hearing was published.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 113, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4741 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4741
Fire limits authorized
Status: in_force

All municipalities exceeding five hundred population, the City of New Orleans excepted, may provide for the prevention of fires by establishing fire limits and by prohibiting the construction or relocation or removal of frame buildings within such limits, or the construction of frame additions to buildings therein.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4683 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4683
Apportioning costs; expenses; budget; gifts and contributions; custody of funds; financial statement; surplus funds
Status: in_force

A. The cost of equipping, maintaining, and all other costs of the coliseum authority shall be borne by the entire parish, including the incorporated towns therein, and all taxes levied and assessed, whether general or special, for the establishment, support and maintenance of such coliseum or other facility shall be borne proportionally by all of the property of the parish, including that within the incorporated municipalities.

B. The expenses or costs of the maintenance and operation of the coliseum or other facilities of the authority, including the salaries of the manager and all other employees, as well as all other incidental expenses, shall be paid monthly by the governing body of the parish upon the approval of such expenses and maintenance costs by the board of commissioners of the coliseum authority and by the governing body of the parish, out of the funds specially budgeted for the coliseum authority, and in default thereof, out of the special taxes voted, levied and collected by the governing body of the parish for the coliseum authority's support and maintenance.

C. The board of commissioners of the coliseum authority shall prepare its budget annually, which shall be submitted to the parish governing body for its approval, and no moneys not budgeted and approved shall be paid by the board of commissioners without the prior approval of the parish governing body.

D. The board of commissioners may receive and accept unconditional gifts, donations and contributions from individuals and corporations, but no gifts or donations conditionally made shall be accepted without the approval of the parish governing body.

E. All moneys, property and other things of value given or contributed through the commissioners shall be turned over to the treasurer of the commission and shall be expended or invested by the chairman of the commission with the approval of the said commissioners and the parish governing body.

F. All moneys received by the commissioners from rental of said coliseum, concessions, and from any other source other than donations, shall be turned over to the parish governing body.

G. At the end of each fiscal year, a complete financial statement shall be rendered by the board of commissioners to the parish governing body; at the end of each third fiscal year fifty percent of any surplus existing at the end of said third fiscal year shall be turned over to the parish governing body to be paid into a fund for the maintenance, operation and capital improvements of said coliseum.

Acts 1972, No. 440, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:120.10 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 120.10
Appeals
Status: in_force

A.(1) Appeals to the planning and zoning board may be taken by any person aggrieved or by any officer, department, board, or bureau of the parish affected by any decision of the administrative officer. Appeals shall be taken within a reasonable time, as provided by the rules of the planning and zoning board, by filing with the officer from whom the appeal is taken, and with the planning and zoning board, a notice of appeal specifying the grounds thereof. The officer from whom the appeal is taken shall immediately transmit to the planning and zoning board all papers constituting the record upon which the action appealed from was taken.

(2) The planning and zoning board shall fix a reasonable time for the hearing of the appeal, give public notice thereof as well as due notice to the interested parties, and decide the appeal within a reasonable time. Upon the hearing, any party may appear in person or by agent or by attorney.

(3) An appeal stays all proceedings in furtherance of the action appealed from, unless the officer from whom the appeal is taken certifies to the planning and zoning board after the notice of appeal has been filed with him, that, by reason of fact stated in the certificate, a stay would, in his opinion, cause immediate peril to life or property. In such a case the proceedings shall not be stayed otherwise than by a restraining order which may be granted by the planning and zoning board or by a court of record on application or notice to the officers from whom the appeal is taken and on due cause shown.

B.(1) Any person or persons jointly or severally aggrieved by any decision of the planning and zoning board, or any officer, department, board, or bureau of the parish may present to the district court of the parish a petition, duly verified, setting forth that the decision is illegal, in whole or in part, and specifying the grounds of the illegality. The petition shall be presented to the court within thirty days after filing of the decision in the office of the planning and zoning board. Upon the presentation of such petition, the court may allow a writ of certiorari directed to the planning and zoning board to review the decision of the planning and zoning board and shall prescribe therein the time within which a return may be made and served upon the relator's attorney, which shall not be less than ten days but which may be extended by the court. The return shall concisely set forth such other facts as may be pertinent and material to show the grounds in the decision appealed from and shall be verified.

(2) The allowance of the writ shall not stay proceedings upon the decision appealed from, but the court may, on application, on notice to the planning and zoning board and on due cause shown, grant a restraining order.

(3) The planning and zoning board shall not be required to return the original papers acted upon by it but may return certified or sworn copies thereof or such portions thereof as may be called for by the writ. If, upon the hearing, it shall appear to the court that testimony is necessary for the proper disposition of the matter, it may take additional evidence or appoint a referee to take such evidence as it may direct and report the same to the court with his findings of fact and conclusions of law, which shall constitute a part of the proceedings upon which the determination of the court shall be made.

(4) The court may reverse or affirm, wholly or in part, or may modify the decision brought up for review. Costs shall not be allowed against the planning and zoning board unless it appears to the court that it acted with gross negligence, or in bad faith, or with malice in making the decision appealed from. All issues in any proceedings under this Section shall have preference over all other civil actions and proceedings.

Acts 1997, No. 1274, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:7755 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 7755
Service charges for fire ant abatement
Status: in_force

A. A fire ant abatement district created under the provisions of this Chapter may levy and collect special taxes, or assess special fees or service charges to residents and property owners within the fire ant abatement district to finance its programs. However, the question of the imposition of any such tax, fee, or charge shall have been submitted to the qualified electors of the district at an election to be conducted in accordance with the election laws of the state and the majority of those voting in said election shall have voted in favor of the imposition of said tax, fee, or charge. It may use legal, proper, necessary, and expedient means to collect and enforce the collection of such taxes, including the contracting with a waterworks district located within the same parish to collect special fees or service charges for fire ant abatement.

B. Any special fee or service charge so levied shall be uniform upon the customers of the waterworks district, but each separate water meter or connection to the waterworks district's water supply lines shall be treated as a separate customer for purposes of such special fee or service charge. The waterworks district, acting as collection agency for special taxes of the fire ant abatement district, may add the tax levied by said fire ant abatement district to the water bills of its customers. On or before the tenth day of the month following the collection of the taxes, the waterworks district shall remit to the fire ant abatement district all funds collected for the purposes of fire ant abatement less a reasonable service charge for administrative purposes of collection.

Acts 1992, No. 198, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.506 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.506
Obligations of the district
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

(4) The district may borrow the amount of the anticipated ad valorem tax, not to exceed five mills, authorized by R.S. 33:130.505 for a period not to exceed ten years and may issue certificates of indebtedness therefor and may dedicate the avails of the tax funded for the payment thereof for the period of time said certificates are outstanding.

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

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

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

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

Acts 1995, No. 115, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:8046 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 8046
District as political subdivision
Status: in_force

The district is hereby declared to be a political subdivision of the state. For carrying out the purposes of this Chapter, the district, under the provisions of the Constitution of Louisiana, shall have the power of taxation and the power to incur debt and issue bonds and to call an election for the purpose of imposing any authorized taxes or incurring debt, provided that the district shall not impose any tax-increasing measures until the police juries of the parishes in the district have approved the calling of an election for that purpose and until a majority of qualified electors in each parish voting in an election for the purpose have approved the additional taxes.

Acts 1990, No. 781, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:441.15 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 441.15
City of DeQuincy; appointment of court magistrate; duties; salary
Status: in_force

The mayor of the city of DeQuincy shall appoint one or more attorneys who shall be designated as court magistrate and who shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor and may from time to time be designated by the mayor to serve in his stead as the presiding official over the mayor's court. Whenever a magistrate is so designated by the mayor to preside over the mayor's court, he shall exercise the powers and authority of the mayor over said court. The magistrate shall serve at a salary fixed and paid by the governing authority of the city of DeQuincy for such time as the magistrate serves in the mayor's stead.

Added by Acts 1980, No. 548, §1. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 620, §1; Acts 2009, No. 127, §1, eff. June 25, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.259 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.259
Securities
Status: in_force

Bonds, certificates, or other evidences of indebtedness issued by the authority under this Subpart are deemed to be securities of public entities within the meaning of Chapters 13 and 13-A of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, and shall be subject to defeasance in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 14 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, and may be refunded in accordance with the provisions of Chapters 14-A and 15 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, and may also 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 1989, No. 2, §1, eff. June 1, 1989; Acts 2004, No. 622, §1, eff. July 1, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1236.6
Powers of police juries of parishes of Calcasieu, Beauregard, Allen, St. Landry, Acadia, Assumption, Iberville and West Baton Rouge; disposal of industrial waste
Status: in_force

A. The police juries of the parishes of Calcasieu, Beauregard, Allen, St. Landry, Acadia, Assumption, Iberville and West Baton Rouge shall have the power, authority, and jurisdiction, concurrent with the state agencies with the same jurisdiction, to enact ordinances to regulate, control, or prohibit the disposal of industrial waste on or under land in the areas of the parishes, not zoned for industrial use, where the land is primarily used for agricultural or residential purposes.

B. For the purposes of this Section, the term industrial waste shall include both solid and liquid waste from industrial processes, but shall not include any industrial waste produced by industries or industrial processes regulated by Chapter 1 or Chapter 11 of Title 30 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes.

Acts 1983, No. 722, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1411 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1411
Reapportionment required after each decennial census; effective date
Status: in_force

A. All parish governing authorities the form of government of which provides for the election of all or part of its members from wards, districts or other subdivisions shall within six months after the official release of every decennial census, examine the apportionment plan of its body to determine if there exists any substantial variation in the representation of the election districts. After this examination the body shall by ordinance adopted by a majority of the members thereof, either declare its apportionment to be equitable and continue its existing apportionment plan or provide for a new apportionment plan.

B. If reapportionment be necessary it shall be made effective at the end of the term of the incumbent officials.

C. The boundaries of any election district for a new apportionment plan from which members of the parish governing authority are elected shall contain whole election precincts established by the parish governing authority under R.S. 18:532 or 532.1.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 424, §1. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 558, §2, eff. July 22, 1982.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2541.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2541.2
Chief of administration of fire department; competitive appointment
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the governing authority may create, by ordinance, the position of chief of administration of fire department in accordance with the provisions of this Section. The position shall be filled on a competitive basis from a list of eligibles as provided for under R.S. 33:2551, and the right of selection, appointment, supervision, and discharge for such position shall be vested in the fire chief, subject to approval of the appointing authority. In addition, the governing authority shall establish the duties and responsibilities of the chief of administration of fire department in the ordinance creating the position. Such duties and responsibilities may include direct supervision over all non-fire suppression personnel in the classified and unclassified service.

B.(1) The chief of administration of fire department shall have not less than ten years of full-time fire service experience.

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

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

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

(2) If a chief of administration of fire department is subjected to corrective or disciplinary action, he shall have the same rights as any other employee in the municipal fire and police civil service.

Acts 2012, No. 656, §1; Acts 2016, No. 285, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9039.76 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9039.76
State officers and agencies
Status: in_force

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 Chapter.

Acts 2005, No. 487, §1, eff. July 12, 2005.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4166 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4166
Municipal contracts for obtaining gas
Status: in_force

Municipalities may make contracts covering a period of years with each other relative to the purchase, sale, and distribution of gas. They may make contracts extending over a period of years with producers of gas and those engaged in the business of transporting gas through pipe lines, for the purchase of an adequate supply of gas and may own, construct, maintain, and operate the necessary gas pipe lines beyond their corporate limits to obtain the gas.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3885.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3885.1
Authority of district to employ legal counsel
Status: in_force

Any sewerage district created pursuant to this Subpart shall, through its board of supervisors, be authorized to employ the services of an attorney when necessary and to fix his fees or salary. The provisions of this Section shall be inapplicable with respect to sewerage districts within the parishes of Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Lafourche, St. John the Baptist, and St. Charles.

Acts 1989, No. 225, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1246.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1246.2
Commission, qualification of members; officers, appointment; vacancies; compensation; removal of commissioners
Status: in_force

A. Any ambulance service district formed or created under these Sections shall be governed by a board of seven commissioners, hereafter referred to as the commission, who shall be qualified voters and residents of the district. The commission shall be appointed by the police jury of the parish. Three of the first commissioners so appointed shall serve for two years, three for four years, and one for six years.

B. At the expiration of their respective terms of office, the successors to such appointees shall be appointed within thirty days for six-year terms. The police juries shall fill vacancies in the same manner as the predecessor appointees were selected. Any member of the commission may be removed from office for cause and his appointment rescinded by two-thirds vote of the elected membership of the Ascension Parish Police Jury.

C. The commission annually shall elect one of its members chairman, and one vice chairman. The meeting shall be held at the domicile of the district established by the police jury. At least three regular meetings shall be held annually. Special meetings may be held at such times and places as shall be specified, by call of the chairman or the police jury.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 369, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4546.17 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4546.17
Employees
Status: in_force

Employees of the authority shall not be members of the classified state civil service, shall not be eligible for participation in any state employee benefit program, and shall be employed at no cost to the state.

Acts 1989, No. 466, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4403 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4403
Grant of right to obstruct streets with buildings in cities of less than 75,000; election required
Status: in_force

Municipalities having a population of less than 75,000 persons may grant corporations the right to use and occupy their streets and alleys and to obstruct them with buildings necessary to and used by the corporations, subject to any conditions and charges which the municipal governing body may deem fit.

Except as provided in R.S. 33:4401 and R.S. 33:4402, a majority of the property taxpayers of the municipality voting at an election called for the purpose shall first approve the proposed grant.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:8067 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 8067
Officers of the board of commissioners
Status: in_force

A. Immediately upon meeting, the board of commissioners shall proceed to organize by electing from among their number a president and vice president. The president shall preside over all meetings of the board of commissioners and perform all duties usually required of presidents of corporate bodies. The vice president shall perform the duties of the president in case of his absence or disability.

B. The board of commissioners shall elect a treasurer, who shall also serve as secretary. In addition to the compensation authorized in R.S. 33:8064, the secretary-treasurer may receive a salary as fixed by the police juries of the member parishes. The secretary-treasurer shall not be considered as holding an office for profit. The secretary-treasurer shall furnish bond in such amount and in the manner now provided by law for the faithful accounting of all funds entrusted to him for the account of the district.

C. The board of commissioners shall maintain an office at a site fixed by its members and shall keep the office open during business hours for the purpose of transacting the business of the district and for the convenience of the taxpayers thereof.

D. Officers so elected shall serve one year or until their successors are appointed.

Acts 1999, No. 982, §1, eff. July 9, 1999.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2541.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2541.6
Deputy fire chief; city of DeRidder; competitive appointment
Status: in_force

A.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the governing authority of the city of DeRidder may create, by ordinance, the position of deputy fire chief in accordance with the provisions of this Section. The position shall be filled on a competitive basis from a list of eligibles as provided for in R.S.33:2551, and the right of selection, appointment, supervision, and discharge for such position shall be vested in the fire chief, subject to approval of the appointing authority. The position of deputy fire chief is not the same as the position of assistant fire chief.

(2) The governing authority shall establish the duties and responsibilities of the deputy fire chief in the ordinance creating the position. Such duties and responsibilities may include direct supervision over all positions in the classified service below the rank of fire chief.

B.(1) The deputy fire chief shall not have less than seven years of full time fire service experience with the DeRidder Fire Department.

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

(3) Eligibility for admission to the competitive test for the position of deputy fire chief shall be limited to members of the DeRidder Fire Department.

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

D. If a deputy fire chief is subjected to corrective or disciplinary action, he shall have the same rights as any other employee in the municipal fire and police civil service.

Acts 2016, No. 284, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1999 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1999
Work on holidays
Status: in_force

A. Firefighters in municipalities, parishes, and fire protection districts who are required to work on holidays as provided for in Subsection B of this Section shall receive in addition to the compensation to which such employee would be entitled under laws and pay plans now in effect, compensation at the rate of one times his usual salary, to be determined by reducing his average monthly salary to an hourly scale; provided that in lieu of additional compensation, governing authorities, at their option, may grant fire department employees time off from work for which such additional compensation would be due and payable to said employees.

B. Firefighters in municipalities, parishes, and fire protection districts shall be entitled to not less than ten holidays per year. Such holidays shall be named by the governing authority of the municipality, parish, or fire protection district pursuant to their established holiday policy.

Acts 1962, No. 133, §1. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 336, §1; Acts 1993, No. 1001, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:7706 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 7706
Assumption of rights and responsibilities of districts consolidated
Status: in_force

At the expiration of the thirty-day period provided for in R.S. 33:7705, existing districts of the same type included in any such consolidated district shall no longer have the right to issue bonds or other obligations, and all books and records and assets thereof shall be transferred to the consolidated district. The governing authority of the consolidated district shall cause taxes to continue to be levied for the payment of the outstanding indebtedness of each underlying district of the same type which has not been assumed by the consolidated district, as hereinafter provided, in all respects as would have been required had such consolidation not been effected. In addition, if such indebtedness of any underlying district consists of revenue bonds or special assessment certificates payable from service charges or assessments, the governing authority of the consolidated district shall continue to impose and collect such service charges or assessments, as well as any special taxes previously authorized and legally dedicated by covenant with bondholders to the payment of maintenance or operation expenses.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 94, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.388 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.388
Securities
Status: in_force

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

Acts 1992, No. 929, §1, eff. July 9, 1992.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:7751 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 7751
Fire ant abatement districts; creation
Status: in_force

The governing authority of any parish may by ordinance create fire ant abatement districts composed of any part or all of the territory lying wholly within the parish. Such districts shall be political and legal subdivisions of the state, with the power to sue and be sued in their corporate names.

Acts 1992, No. 198, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:159 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 159
Persons entitled to vote
Status: in_force

At such election no person shall be allowed to vote except those who are qualified to vote under the general election laws and who reside in the corporate limits of the city or town as theretofore established and constituted.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4228 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4228
Combination of two or more utilities
Status: in_force

Any municipal corporation or district taking advantage of the provisions of this Sub-part may construct, acquire, extend, or improve two or more utilities (whether related or used in conjunction) and issue bonds as provided for herein secured exclusively, principal and interest, by mortgage on the lands, buildings, machinery and equipment and by pledge of the income revenues of the utilities.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.14 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1236.14
Authority of certain parish governing authorities to provide uniforms for certain employees
Status: in_force

The governing authority of St. Landry Parish, the governing authority of Calcasieu Parish, and the governing authority of Iberia Parish shall have the authority to provide uniforms for those employees who serve as staff of their respective administrative offices. Said governing authorities may also require their employees to maintain such uniforms; however, such uniforms shall remain the property of each respective parish.

Acts 1988, No. 20, §1; Acts 1990, No. 159, §1; Acts 1995, No. 78, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2823 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2823
Reimbursement of funds for loss from tax exemption
Status: in_force

The governing authority shall by ordinance or resolution provide for the reimbursement of the general or special funds of the parish, or municipal corporation, or taxing districts for any sum which may be lost as a result of the exemption or relief, payable out of the funds in the property tax relief fund.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4564 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4564
Board of commissioners; appointment and tenure; organization; secretary-treasurer; compensation
Status: in_force

A. Any recreation district created under the provisions of R.S. 33:4562 shall be governed by a board of five commissioners who shall be qualified voters and residents of the area covered by the district. The members of the board shall be appointed by the police jury of the parish or parishes involved and where one or more municipalities have, through their respective governing bodies, agreed to be included in the recreation district created by the police jury at least one of said members of the board shall be a qualified voter and resident of each such municipality.

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

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

C. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, two additional members may be appointed to the board of commissioners by the parish governing authority for an initial term as determined by the appointing authority not to exceed seven years, and they shall serve until their successors have been appointed and qualified. All other provisions of law relative to members of the board shall apply to the additional commissioners.

D. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection B of this Section, each commissioner of a recreational district in the parishes of Tangipahoa and Terrebonne shall receive a per diem of twenty-five dollars.

Acts 1954, No. 542, §§3, 4. Amended by Acts 1956, No. 456, §1; Acts 1980, No. 560, §1, eff. July 23, 1980; Acts 2008, No. 897, §1; Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.207 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.207
Securities
Status: in_force

Bonds, certificates, or other evidences of indebtedness issued by the district under this Subpart are deemed to be securities of public entities within the meaning of Chapters 13 and 13-A of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, and shall be subject to defeasance in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 14 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, and may be refunded in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 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 1988, No. 634, §1, eff. July 14, 1988.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1395.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1395.3
Ratification by majority vote; supersession of existing charter; filing of copies of new charter
Status: in_force

If a majority of the qualified voters voting thereon at such election shall vote in favor of the home rule charter, it shall be deemed to be ratified and shall become the organic law of such municipality or parish and any existing charter under which said local government may be operating shall be thereby superseded. One copy of the charter so ratified and approved shall be filed with the secretary of state, one with the clerk of court for the parish in which the municipality is located, and one in the archives of the local government or governments to remain as its permanent record.

Acts 1980, No. 703, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4083.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4083.1
Receipt and disbursement of unclaimed customer credit balances and water deposits
Status: in_force

Any unclaimed customer credit balances or deposits collected from consumers for the supply of water to such consumers for which a request for refund is not made within eighteen months after termination of services and which are unclaimed or abandoned after such eighteen-month period shall be deposited to the credit of the board in a special fund designated as the "Water Help Program Fund". Within ninety days after termination of services, the board shall notify the customer by electronic mail, regular postage, or certified mail sent to the last known address of the customer that his unclaimed customer credit balance or deposit will be deposited to the "Water Help Program Fund"; however, a claim for return of the unclaimed customer credit balance or deposit shall not prescribe, if not claimed within eighteen months after termination of services. The board may deduct postage costs of the notice from the unclaimed customer credit balance or deposit. The monies in such fund shall be disbursed in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 33:4083 and shall be used solely for the "Water Help Program Fund".

Acts 1995, No. 524, §1; Acts 1997, No. 456, §1, eff. June 22, 1997; Acts 2015, No. 246, §1, eff. June 29, 2015.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4545.12 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4545.12
Construction contracts
Status: in_force

The Authority may contract for the planning, acquisition, construction, reconstruction, operation, maintenance, repair, extension, and improvement of a project or may contract with one or more municipalities to perform these functions. All contracts let by the Authority and/or municipality for the performance of these functions under the authority of this Section shall be subject to the laws relating to public contracts, contained in R.S. 38:2211-2225, except as otherwise provided in this Chapter.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 772, §1, eff. July 20, 1979.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9351 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9351
Creation; authority of parish governing authority
Status: in_force

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

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

Acts 1988, No. 384, §1, eff. July 10, 1988.