La. Rev. Stat. § 33:135 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 135
General powers and duties
Status: in_force

A regional planning commission shall:

(1) Prepare and from time to time revise, amend, extend or add to a plan or plans for the development of the regional planning area, which plan or plans collectively shall be known as the regional development plan. Such plan shall be based on studies of physical, social, economic and governmental conditions and trends and shall aim at the coordinated development of the regional planning area in order to promote the general welfare and prosperity of its people. In preparing the regional development plan, the planning commission shall take account of and shall seek to harmonize the planning activities of federal, state, parish, municipal or other local agencies within the area. In preparing such plan, or any part thereof, and in preparing, from time to time, revisions, amendments, extensions, or additions, the regional planning commission may seek the cooperation and advice of the division of administration, of other appropriate departments, agencies and instrumentalities of federal, state, and local government, of other regional planning commissions, educational institutions and research organizations and of civic groups and private persons and organizations. The regional development plan shall embody the policy recommendations of the regional planning commission in regard to the physical development of the regional planning area and shall contain:

(a) A statement of the objectives, standards and principles sought to be expressed in the regional development plan.

(b) Recommendations for the most desirable pattern of land use within the regional planning area, and in the light of the best available information concerning topography, climate, soil and underground conditions, water courses and bodies of water, and other natural or environmental factors, as well as in the light of the best available information concerning the present and prospective economic bases of the regional planning area, trends of industrial, population or other developments, the habits and standards of life of the people of the regional planning area, and the relation of land use within the regional planning area to land use in adjoining areas. Such recommendations shall, insofar as appropriate, indicate areas for residential uses and maximum recommended densities therein; areas for farming and forestry, mining and other extractive industries; areas for manufacturing and industrial uses, with classification of such areas in accordance with their compatibility with land use in adjoining areas; areas for the concentration of wholesale, retail, business and other commercial uses; areas for recreational uses, and for open spaces and areas for mixed uses;

(c) The circulation pattern recommended for the regional planning area, including routes and terminals of transit, transportation and communication facilities, whether used for movement within the regional planning area or for movement from and adjoining areas.

(d) Recommendations concerning the need for and the proposed general location of public and private works and facilities, such as utilities, flood control works, water reservoirs and pollution control facilities, military or defense installations, which works or facilities, by reason of their function, size, extent or for any other causes are of regional or metropolitan as distinguished from purely local concern, or which for any other cause are appropriate subjects for inclusion in the regional development plan.

(e) Such other recommendations of the regional planning commission concerning current and impending problems as may affect the regional planning area as a whole.

(2) Make or assist in studies and investigations, insofar as may be relevant to regional or metropolitan planning, of the resources of the regional planning area and of existing and emerging problems of agriculture, industry, commerce, transportation, population, housing, public service, local government and of allied matters affecting the development of the regional planning area, and in making such studies to seek the cooperation and collaboration of the division of administration and of appropriate departments, agencies and instrumentalities of federal, state and local government, educational institutions and research organizations, whether public or private, and of civic groups and private persons and organizations.

(3) Prepare and from time to time revise inventory listings of the region's or metropolitan area's natural resources, and of major public and private works and facilities of all kinds which are deemed of importance to the development of the regional planning area as a whole.

(4) Cooperate with, and provide planning assistance, including but not limited to surveys, land use studies, urban renewal plans, technical services and other planning work, to parish, municipal or other local government, instrumentalities or planning agencies; coordinate its planning activities with the planning activities of the state, and of the parishes, municipalities or other local units within its regional planning area, and cooperate with and assist departments and other agencies or instrumentalities of federal, state, and local government as well as other regional planning commissions in the execution of their planning functions with a view to harmonizing their planning activities with the regional development plan. The commission shall also cooperate and confer with, and upon request supply information to, federal agencies, and to local or regional agencies created pursuant to a federal program or which receive federal support, and shall cooperate and confer, as far as possible, with planning agencies of other states or of regional groups of states adjoining its area. Whenever cooperation or assistance under this subdivision includes the rendering of technical services, such services may be rendered free or in accordance with an agreement for reimbursement.

(5) Advise and supply information, as far as available, to civic groups and private persons and organizations who may request such information or advice, and who study or otherwise concern themselves with the region's problems and development in the fields of agriculture, business and industry, labor, natural resources, urban growth, housing and public service activities such as public health and education, insofar as such problems and development may be relevant to regional or metropolitan planning.

(6) Provide information to officials of departments, agencies and instrumentalities of state and local government and to the public at large, in order to foster public awareness and understanding of the objectives of the regional development plan and of the functions of regional or metropolitan and local planning, and in order to stimulate public interest and participation in the orderly, integrated development of the region or metropolitan area.

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

(8) Hold public or private hearings and sponsor public forums in any part of its area whenever it deems it necessary or useful in the execution of its other functions.

(9) Cooperate, in the exercise of its planning functions, with federal and state agencies in planning for civil defense.

(10) Have the power to borrow money from private lenders in order to stabilize its cash flow necessary for the staff's day to day operations, provided that such debt is secured by commission receivables or other collateral.

(11) Exercise all other powers necessary and proper for the discharge of its duties.

Added by Acts 1956, No. 239, §5. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 288, §2; Acts 1985, No. 553, §1; Acts 2004, No. 33, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.297 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.297
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 1989, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 16, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3702 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3702
Disagreement between municipality or parish and railroad; decision by public service commission
Status: in_force

In cases mentioned in R.S. 33:3701 if the municipal or parish authorities and the railroads are not able to agree on the plans for the construction, payment for, or maintenance of, the public crossing, viaduct, or subway, the matter shall be left to the decision of the Louisiana Public Service Commission, provided, however, that after the commission's decision, the municipality or parish may defer action on the project.

Acts 2008, No. 596, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3887.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3887.5
Rapides Parish Sewerage Districts No. 1 and No. 2; supervising board; per diem
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:3887, 3887.1, or any other law to the contrary, the parish governing authority of Rapides Parish may pay to each member of the board of supervisors of Sewerage Districts No. 1 and No. 2 a per diem not to exceed one hundred fifty dollars for each day of attendance at meetings of the board up to and including twenty-four days in each year. The governing authority of Rapides Parish may also pay each member a per diem for attendance of up to and including twelve emergency meetings of the board of supervisors called in any one calendar year. Per diem provided by this Section shall be paid out of the designated funds in the hands of the treasurer.

Acts 2011, No. 122, §1; Acts 2017, No. 178, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9108 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9108
Indemnification of board members; limitation of liability
Status: in_force

A. The parish governing authority creating the communications district shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the district and any of its board members against any liability for damage or injury to another as a result of any act or omission of a board member acting within the scope of his official functions and duties, except damage or injury resulting from his own acts of willful or wanton misconduct.

B. No district, sheriff, service provider, nor any wireless service supplier which meets the requirements of R.S. 33:9109(F)(1) and (2), nor their respective officers, directors, employees, or agents shall be liable to any person for civil damages resulting from, arising out of, or due to any act or omission in the development, design, installation, operation, maintenance, performance, or provision of 911 services, except when said damages are a result of willful or wanton misconduct or gross negligence on their respective part.

C. No district, sheriff, service provider, nor any wireless service supplier which meets the requirements of R.S. 33:9109(F)(1) and (2), nor their respective officers, directors, employees, or agents shall be liable to any person for civil damages resulting from, arising out of, or due to the release and use of customer information released and used as a result of a service user utilizing the 911 emergency telephone system and in furtherance of providing emergency services.

D.(1) The provisions of Subsections B and C of this Section shall be applicable to the Jefferson Parish Communication District, its governing authority, the sheriff of Jefferson Parish, and service providers, wireless service providers, officers, directors, employees, and agents of the district.

(2) The provisions of Subsections B and C of this Section shall be applicable to the Orleans Parish Communication District, its governing authority, the sheriff and other law enforcement agencies of Orleans Parish, and service providers, wireless service providers, officers, directors, employees, and agents of the district.

E. The provisions of this Part are the sole authority of the district to levy and collect a fixed rate emergency telephone service charge until December 31, 2009, and are not in addition to the authority provided in Part I of Chapter 31 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

Acts 1993, No. 11, §1; Acts 2001, No. 507, §1, eff. June 21, 2001; Acts 2004, No. 226, §1, eff. June 14, 2004; Acts 2006, No. 635, §1; Acts 2009, No. 315, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1818 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1818
New appointments on change of appointing authorities
Status: in_force

Nothing in R.S. 33:1815 through R.S. 33:1817 shall prohibit the appointment of new deputy commissioners, heads of departments, or employees, subject to any applicable civil service law, whenever the terms of office of the governmental authorities expire and their successors are elected and qualified.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9100.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9100.7
Commission meetings
Status: in_force

A. The commission shall hold regular meetings as shall be provided in the bylaws and may hold special meetings at such times and places within the commission's area designed to reasonably accommodate the residents of the area attending the meeting as may be provided in the bylaws. Special meetings may be called by the chairman or by the executive board and shall be called by the chairman upon written request of at least ten percent of the total number of commission members.

B. Notice of regular or special commission meetings shall be provided to each commission member at least two days prior to the meeting.

C. The presence of at least forty percent of the total number of commission members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

D. The commission shall keep and maintain minutes of all meetings and shall make a copy of such minutes available through the commission's secretary.

E. At any meeting, the commission may consider and make recommendations on matters before it, including actions or proposed actions of the governing authority, the mayor, or any other agency, department, board, commission, or other entity of local or state government.

F. A portion of each commission meeting shall be set aside to hear the views of area residents and other affected persons on problems or issues of concern within the area and on proposed actions that affect the area.

G. The commission shall establish a method to ensure the broadest dissemination of information with respect to commission meetings, positions, and actions.

Acts 2008, No. 887, §1; Acts 2009, No. 394, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1970 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1970
Status of firemen on rolls January 1, 1928
Status: in_force

If, on January 1, 1928, the municipality had a population of one hundred thousand or more, the members of the fire department whose names appeared on the rolls thereof on that date are recognized as regularly appointed members of the department and entitled to all rights, including pension time, from the date of their appointment to or in connection with the department. This Section does not apply to substitute members of the department.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4334 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4334
Mortgage or pledge of revenues to secure bonds
Status: in_force

When the bonds are secured by a mortgage, the act shall be executed by the mayor or acting mayor of the municipality in the name and under the seal of the municipality. When the act has been executed and recorded the property thus mortgaged shall remain mortgaged for the security of the bonds in principal and interest, until they have been fully paid and discharged. The act whereby the income and revenues of such public utility are pledged (when the income and revenues are pledged to secure the bonds) shall be executed by the mayor or acting mayor of the municipality in the name and under the seal of the municipality. The act shall be recorded in the office of the recorder of mortgages for the parish in which the municipality is situated. It may be stipulated in the act of mortgage or pledge, as the case may be, that the whole or any part of the property or revenue thus mortgaged or pledged may be released from the mortgage or pledge when bonds secured thereby are paid in part.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2536.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2536.2
Jefferson Parish; board and board secretary
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:2536(B)(1)(a), to be eligible for appointment to or to serve as a member of the Jefferson Parish Fire Civil Service Board, a person shall be a citizen of the United States of America, a resident of Jefferson Parish for at least five years preceding his appointment, and at the time of his appointment, a qualified voter of the parish.

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:2536(L), the Jefferson Parish Fire Civil Service Board may fill the office of secretary in one of the following ways:

(1) By employing and paying on a part-time basis any other person a salary not to exceed fifty percent of the maximum rate of the salary of a full-time department records clerk of the Jefferson Parish Fire Civil Service System, which salary shall be subject to approval by the parish governing authority and the parish president.

(2) By assigning the duties of the board secretary to an employee of the Eastbank Consolidated Special Services Fire Protection District subject to approval by the parish governing authority and the parish president.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 213, §1; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 19, §1; Acts 2008, No. 275, §1, eff. June 16, 2008; Acts 2009, No. 393, §1, eff. July 7, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.825 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.825
Fees and ad valorem tax; borrowing money
Status: in_force

A. The district may levy annually an ad valorem tax not to exceed ten mills on the dollar of assessed valuation of all property, 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 voting in a special election held for that purpose.

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

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

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

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

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

(d) Loan guarantees shall be evaluated for their economic impact in terms of the number and types of jobs created or saved, the wage and income levels of the positions, the likelihood of placement of these positions with persons from specific groups, such as the long-term unemployed, low income, women, or minorities, and the tax dollars generated.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Acts 2009, No. 420, §1, eff. July 1, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2472 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2472
Short title
Status: in_force

This Part shall be known and may be cited as "the Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Law."
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2589.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2589.1
Shreveport chief of fire support staff; competitive appointment
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the governing authority in the city of Shreveport may create, by ordinance, the position of chief of fire support staff in accordance with the provisions of this Section. The position shall be filled on a competitive basis from a list of eligible persons as provided for under R.S. 33:2491, 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 fire support staff in the ordinance creating the position. Such duties and responsibilities may include direct supervision over all support staff positions in the classified service below and including the rank of chief of training, chief of EMS, chief of communications, chief of fire prevention, and chief of maintenance as well as any other future support staff as assigned by the fire chief.

B.(1) The chief of fire support staff shall have not less than ten years of full time fire service experience and shall at least hold the rank in the classified fire service of training officer, EMS officer, fire communications officer, fire prevention officer, emergency vehicle technician, chief of fire safety, administrative assistant to the fire chief, or aviation task force coordinator at the time of his appointment.

(2) Any person who holds the position of chief of fire support staff 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 fire support staff 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 Chapter, only upon demotion to a position of the class he held at the time of his appointment as chief of fire support staff.

(3) Eligibility for admission to the competitive test for chief of fire support staff 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 fire support staff shall not forfeit seniority accumulated to the date of the appointment, and shall continue to accumulate seniority in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter during the time he holds the position of chief of fire support staff.

(2) If a chief of fire support staff 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. 309, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:423.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 423.7
City of Patterson; appointment and discharge of police personnel by chief of police
Status: in_force

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

Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 95, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1242 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1242
Enforcement of ordinances
Status: in_force

Police juries may enforce ordinances which they are authorized to pass, by fine or imprisonment, or both, and may prosecute by criminal process of indictment or information or by fine or forfeiture to be collected by civil process before any court of competent jurisdiction.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:5066 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 5066
Definitions
Status: in_force

The following words and phrases when used in R.S. 33:5065 through 5069 shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) "Abandoned residential property" shall mean one-to-four-family residential property that is vacant as the result of the relinquishment of physical possession or control by a homeowner or any other person or entity. Property may be deemed abandoned when there is evidence of conditions, taken separately or as a whole, that would lead a reasonable person to conclude that the property was unoccupied, including but not limited to evidence of vacancy.

(2) "Evidence of vacancy" shall mean a condition that on its own, or combined with other conditions present, would lead a reasonable person to believe that the property is vacant. Such conditions include but are not limited to overgrown or dead vegetation, accumulation of newspapers, circulars, flyers, or mail, past due utility notices or disconnected utilities, accumulation of trash, junk or debris, the absence of window coverings such as curtains, blinds or shutters, the absence of furnishings or personal items consistent with residential habitation, and statements by neighbors, passersby, delivery agents, or government employees that the property is unoccupied.

(3) "Maintenance" shall mean but is not limited to repairing or replacing broken glass windows, repairing or replacing exterior doors, repairing or replacing soffit, fascia, shutters, and siding, repairing or replacing fences, and maintaining or covering swimming pools and hot tubs.

(4) "Notice" shall mean posting notice of the alleged violation on the door of the property at issue and sending notice via certified mail, return receipt requested, from the governing authority addressed to the property owner, referencing the subject property, providing an explanation of the maintenance needed on the property, specifying the time period in which the work is required to be completed, providing the name and phone number of a contact person with the governing authority who has knowledge of the matter who can provide more information, including a copy of the applicable ordinance, and including a photo of the subject property. If the property is encumbered by a recorded mortgage, then a notice letter shall also be sent certified mail, return receipt requested, from the governing authority addressed to the seizing creditor, mortgage holder, lien holder, or loan servicer of foreclosed property pending title transfer that includes all of the information and enclosures required to be provided in the letter to the owner.

(5) "Owner" is defined as any person with care, custody, or control of the property at issue, including but not limited to record owners, seizing creditors, mortgage holders, lien holders, loan servicers of foreclosed property pending title transfer, or an agent or assignee of the seizing creditor, mortgage holders, lien holders, or loan servicer.

Acts 2012, No. 692, §2, eff. Oct. 1, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:424 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 424
Duties of tax collector; liability for shortage of funds; cancellation of bond
Status: in_force

The tax collector shall collect, account for, and pay over all taxes levied by the municipality, and perform all other duties required of him by ordinance, or such as may be required by law of collectors of parish and state taxes, under the same penalties prescribed by law for the collection of state and parish taxes. The tax collector, and the sureties on his official bond, shall be liable to the municipality for any defalcation, shortage or embezzlement of, or failure to account for, funds of the municipality collected by him, until he has obtained a quietus or discharge from the municipality for the amount of such collections, and for all public money with which he may have been entrusted. Notwithstanding his term as tax collector may have expired, the aforesaid liability of the tax collector, and the sureties on his official bond, shall be a continuing liability enforceable by the municipality against any property of the tax collector, and that of the sureties on his official bond, standing of record in his or their names at the date of the discovery of such defalcation, shortage, embezzlement or failure to account for, said funds, and until such quietus or discharge has been obtained, and regardless of whether the official bond has been placed on record or not.

If the surety on the bond should be an indemnity company authorized to do business in this State, or if there are personal sureties, it or the personal sureties, or either of them, or the tax collector, may proceed by rule, taken contradictorily with the municipality in the district court, to obtain a quietus from the municipality, and a cancellation of the official bond, if more than two years have elapsed from the date of the discovery of any defalcation, shortage or embezzlement of, or failure to account for, any funds of the municipality, without legal action having been taken by the municipality to collect the sum or sums representing the alleged defalcation, shortage or embezzlement of, or unaccounted for, funds, from the tax collector or his sureties.

The obligations imposed by this Section upon the tax collector, and the sureties on his official bond, and the measure of their respective liabilities on the bond as defined in this Section and the effect thereof upon the respective properties of such tax collector, or sureties, shall be implied conditions of the bond fully binding and enforceable against the tax collector and sureties on his bond and their respective properties, as though the same had been specially written therein.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4780.23 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4780.23
Periodic review; termination or modification of agreement
Status: in_force

Procedures established pursuant to R.S. 33:4780.22 shall include provisions requiring periodic review at least every twelve months, at which time the applicant or his successor in interest thereto shall be required to demonstrate good faith compliance with the terms of the agreement. If, as a result of such periodic review, the municipality or parish finds and determines, on the basis of substantial evidence, that the applicant or successor in interest thereto has not complied in good faith with terms or conditions of the agreement, the municipality or parish may terminate or modify the agreement.

Acts 1988, No. 505, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3318 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3318
Participation by municipality
Status: in_force

Any municipality proceeding under the authority of this Subpart may participate in the payment of the total costs of such project in the manner and to the extent that the governing authority of the municipality may determine, provided that any funds so used by the municipality 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 municipality may be allocated to any one or more projects as the governing authority of the municipality may determine and the municipality may establish a reasonable formula providing adjustments and contributions for corner lots where street improvements are made on more than one side of a lot. Any contributions heretofore made by a municipality in accordance with this section are hereby ratified and confirmed.

Added by Acts 1956, No. 430, §2. Amended by Acts 1958, No. 238, §1; Acts 1978, No. 428, §1, eff. July 10, 1978.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4705 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4705
Bonds, debt obligations, no charge on income and revenue
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding anything contained herein or in any other law to the contrary, no bonds or other debt obligations of the special municipal district created by the provisions of this Chapter shall be a charge upon the income and revenues of the city of New Orleans.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 741, §1, eff. July 20, 1979.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2756 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2756
Employment tax on nonresidents
Status: in_force

A. No parish or municipal governing authority shall require the payment of any tax levied and collected thereby from any nonresident thereof for the privilege or right of being employed or otherwise earning income for work performed therein regardless of whether the basis of the tax is the number of work days of the employee or other person subject to the tax, the earnings of the employee or other person subject to the tax, or any other basis.

B. This Section shall not be construed to prohibit the levy and collection of the occupational license tax authorized to be levied and collected under the provisions of Article VI, Section 28 of the Louisiana Constitution and Chapter 3 of Sub-Title II of Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 86, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4575.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4575.2
Corporate status; domicile; purpose and powers
Status: in_force

A. The district shall constitute a body corporate in law and a political subdivision of the state. The district shall have perpetual existence and shall have power and right to incur debt and contract obligations, to sue and be sued, to have a corporate seal and to perform any and all acts in its corporate capacity and in its corporate name which are necessary and proper for effectuating the purposes and objects for which it is created. The district shall have the right and power of expropriating property for the purpose of acquiring land for any purpose it may find necessary in the operation of such district.

B. The district provided herein, at its domicile may be sued and service of citation made on the president, and in his absence, upon the vice-president, and in his absence, upon the secretary, who may also serve as the treasurer.

Acts 1986, No. 685, §1, eff. July 8, 1986; Acts 1991, No. 378, §1, eff. July 6, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.823 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.823
Powers of district
Status: in_force

A. The district shall have and exercise all powers of a political subdivision necessary or convenient for the carrying out of its objects and purposes, including but not limited to rights and powers set out in this Section:

(1) To sue and be sued.

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

(3) To acquire by gift, grant, purchase, or otherwise, but not by expropriation, all property, including rights-of-way, and to hold and use any franchise or property, real, personal, or mixed, tangible or intangible, or any interest therein, necessary or desirable for carrying out the objects and purposes of the district, including but not limited to the establishment, maintenance, and operation of industrial parks.

(4) To enter into contracts for the purchase, acquisition, construction, and improvement of works and facilities.

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

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

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

(8) To borrow money and pledge all or part of its revenues, leases, rents, or other advantages as security for such loans.

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

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

Acts 2009, No. 420, §1, eff. July 1, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.821 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.821
Olla, Urania, Tullos, Standard Economic and Industrial Development District; creation; purpose; territorial jurisdiction
Status: in_force

A. The Olla, Urania, Tullos, Standard Economic and Industrial Development District, referred to in this Subpart as the "district", is hereby constituted and is declared to be a body politic and political subdivision of the state of Louisiana, as defined in Article VI, Section 44 of the Constitution of Louisiana.

B. Pursuant to Article VI, Sections 19 and 21 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the district, acting through its board of commissioners, the governing authority of the district, is hereby granted all of the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities granted to or authorized for political subdivisions for industrial, commercial, research, and economic development purposes, including but not limited to the power of taxation, the power to incur debt and issue revenue and general obligation bonds, certificates of indebtedness, bond and certificate anticipation notes, and refunding bonds, subject to the limitations provided in this Subpart.

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

D. The boundaries of the district shall be as follows: from a point of beginning located along the LaSalle Parish border two miles South of the Little River Bridge on United States Highway 165; from said point continue in a Easterly direction on a line parallel to United States Highway 165 to a point that is two miles East of United States Highway 165 along the LaSalle Parish-Caldwell Parish line; from said point run westerly along the boundary existing between Caldwell and LaSalle Parishes to its intersection with the boundary of Winn Parish; thence continue in a southerly direction along the LaSalle Parish boundary to the original point of beginning.

Acts 2009, No. 420, §1, eff. July 1, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2476.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2476.7
Municipal fire and police civil service board; board secretary; city of Monroe
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:2476(L)(1)(c), in the city of Monroe, the board may fill the office of secretary for the municipal fire and police civil service board by employing on a part-time basis any person the board deems qualified. The board may pay any such person a salary not to exceed sixteen hundred dollars per month, which salary shall be approved by the municipal governing authority.

B. The duties of the secretary shall be assigned by the board.

Acts 2023, No. 153, §1, eff. July 1, 2023.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4717 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4717
Sale of municipal or parish property no longer needed for public use
Status: in_force

A. Wherever, in the opinion of the governing authority of any parish or municipality, any immovable property, not taken by expropriation, owned by such parish or municipality, including streets, sidewalks, buildings, or any other property, dedicated to public use, shall no longer be needed or necessary for the public use to which it was originally destined or dedicated, and which property is needed for public buildings, public utilities or any other public use, by the United States of America, or the state of Louisiana, or any department or agency of either, or any parish or municipality, the governing authority of such parish or municipality shall have the power and authority, upon a two-thirds vote of the members present thereof, to revoke the destination or dedication of such property, and to sell at private sale to the United States of America, the state of Louisiana, or any department, or agency thereof, or any other parish or municipality, by which such property shall be needed for public buildings, public utilities, or other public use. The ordinance authorizing the revocation of the destination or revocation of the dedication and the sale, at private sale, or the exchange, of such property shall set forth the price, consideration, and terms of such sale; and, upon the adoption of such ordinance by such two-thirds vote, the governing authority, through its duly authorized officer, shall have the power to convey title to such property, as therein set forth.

B. Notwithstanding any provisions of Subsection A of this Section, the city of New Orleans shall have the authority to transfer ownership of immovable property to a nonprofit organization which is tax exempt pursuant to Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code or to a first-time home buyer on the basis of appraised value without the necessity of bid. Such first-time homebuyers shall receive credit for investments such as money, materials, and labor made on the property prior to the transfer, and the municipality may allow the transfer of the property to take the form of a lease-to-purchase agreement.

Added by Acts 1957, No. 4, §1; Acts 1995, No. 652, §1; Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4545.34 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4545.34
Responsibility of municipalities in operation as utilities
Status: in_force

Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to alter the principle that municipalities in the operation of their utility systems are held to the same responsibility as is a private corporation. Any Authority created pursuant to this Chapter shall likewise be held to the same responsibility as is a private corporation with respect to its conduct of utility operations.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 772, §1, eff. July 20, 1979.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4831 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4831
Hawking and peddling to be regulated by police jury
Status: in_force

All police juries may pass ordinances regulating and defining hawking and peddling. Police juries may enforce these ordinances by fine or imprisonment.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4712.13 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4712.13
Naming of park behind Mandeville City Hall
Status: in_force

The Mandeville City Council may name the park located behind Mandeville City Hall and generally known as Mandeville City Park in honor of Paul D. Cordes.

Acts 2005, No. 173, §1, eff. June 28, 2005.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9080 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9080
Lake Bullard Neighborhood Improvement District
Status: in_force

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

B. Boundaries. The district shall be comprised of the area of the parish of Orleans lying within the following perimeter: Bullard Avenue, Dwyer Road, Berg Canal, and Lake Forest Boulevard.

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

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

(a) The five members comprising the governing board of the Lake Bullard Homeowners Association shall be members.

(b) The governing board of the Lake Bullard Homeowners Association shall appoint two members, both of whom shall be members of the Lake Bullard Homeowners Association.

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

(3) Board members serving pursuant to Subparagraph (1)(b) of this Subsection shall serve three-year terms after serving initial terms as provided in this Paragraph. One member shall serve an initial term of two years, and one member shall serve an initial term of three years, as determined by lot at the first meeting of the board.

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

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

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

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

(1) To sue and be sued.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(b) For purposes of this Section, "parcel" means a lot, a subdivided portion of ground, an individual tract, or a "condominium parcel" as defined in R.S. 9:1121.103.

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

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

(b) If approved, the fee shall expire at the end of the term provided for in the proposition authorizing the fee, not to exceed eight years, but the fee may be renewed if approved by a majority of the registered voters of the district voting on the proposition at an election as provided in Subparagraph (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, not to exceed eight years.

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

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

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

(b) The proceeds shall be paid over to the Board of Liquidation, City Debt, day by day as the same are collected and received by the appropriate officials of the city of New Orleans and maintained in a separate account.

(c) The proceeds shall be paid out by the Board of Liquidation, City Debt, solely for the purposes provided in this Section upon warrants or drafts on the Board of Liquidation, City Debt, by the appropriate officials of the city and the treasurer of the district.

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

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

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

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

Acts 2008, No. 247, §1, eff. June 17, 2008; Acts 2018, No. 54, §1, eff. May 10, 2018.

NOTE: See Acts 2018, No. 54, §2, related to the levy of the parcel fee.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9097.43 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9097.43
Cypress Point Improvement District
Status: in_force

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

B. The district shall be comprised of the area lying within I-10 West, North Branch Ward Creek, and South Essen Heights. Municipal addresses include 8400 through 8680 of East Cypress Point Court.

C. The purpose of the district shall be to provide for improvements to drainage and sewer systems and the overall betterment of the district.

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

(a) The board of directors of the Cypress Point Homeowners Association shall appoint four members.

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

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

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

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

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

(b) Members shall be eligible for reappointment.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(1) To sue and be sued.

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

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

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

(5) To provide for improvements to drainage and sewer systems within the district, to provide for the beautification of and improvement to the district, and to provide generally for the overall betterment of the district.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(2)(a) The amount of the fee shall be as provided in a duly adopted resolution of the board. The fee, however, shall not exceed three hundred dollars per parcel per year.

(b) The fee shall be imposed only after the question of its imposition has been approved by a majority of the registered voters of the district voting on the proposition at an election held for that purpose in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code. Any elections held by the district pursuant to this Section shall be held on a date that corresponds with an election provided by R.S. 18:402(A)(1) or (B)(1).

(3) A parcel fee shall expire twenty years after its levy but may be renewed as provided in Subparagraph (2)(b) of this Subsection. The renewed fee shall not exceed the maximum amount authorized in Subparagraph (2)(a) of this Subsection.

(4) Not sooner than five years after approval of the parcel fee by the registered voters of the district as provided in this Subsection, the board may increase the amount of the parcel fee one time without an election. The amount of the increased fee shall not exceed the maximum amount authorized in Subparagraph (2)(a) of this Subsection.

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

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

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

H.(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. If the district ceases to exist, any funds of the district shall be transmitted to the governing authority of East Baton Rouge Parish and shall be used for the beautification of and improvements to the area which comprised the district.

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

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

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

(b) Any transaction from which 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 2025, No. 491, §1, eff. June 26, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9039.84 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9039.84
LACAEDA Film Commissioner/Executive director; employees
Status: in_force

A. The film commission shall have the option to appoint a film commissioner/executive director to serve as the LACAEDA film commissioner. The chairman of the LACAEDA film commission may serve in lieu of the LACAEDA film commissioner. The LACAEDA film commissioner/executive director shall have proven sales and marketing experience, knowledge of the terminology, technology, and techniques of the film, video, and television production industry, and knowledge of the architecture, geography, and culture of the Capital Area Region.

B. The film commissioner/executive director shall have charge of the day-to-day operation of the commission's office and shall assist the commission in carrying out its purposes, functions, and responsibilities.

C. In order to carry out the functions of the commission, the commission may employ such other personnel as may be necessary to accomplish its functions and for which funds are made available and may establish their duties and fix their compensation.

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

Acts 2006, No. 574, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2415 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2415
Results of tests
Status: in_force

The rating of each test shall be completed and the resulting list established not later than ninety days after the date on which the test was held, unless the time is extended by the director for reasons which he shall record in the official records of the department. Each person competing in any test shall be given written notice of his final earned rating and of his relative standing on the list, or of his failure to attain a place on the list. Each person competing in a test shall, in accordance with regulations adopted by the commission, be entitled to inspect his ratings and test papers. A manifest error in rating a test shall be corrected if called to the attention of the director within one month after the establishment of the list, but such correction shall not invalidate any appointment previously made from such a list. From the results of the tests for any class, the director shall cause to be prepared an employment list for the class, with the names of those persons who have met the minimum requirements imposed for each test and who have received at least the average rating required for eligibility, placed thereon in the order of such average ratings, from the highest to the lowest. Separate lists shall be established of eligibles resulting from tests for original entrance and those from tests for promotion.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3689.18 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3689.18
Financing costs of improvements other than by sale of certificates
Status: in_force

Any parish having available funds with which to finance the cost of said street improvements may utilize said funds for the purpose, without the necessity of issuing and selling paving certificates or other evidence of indebtedness, provided that the cost of such improvements to the abutting property owners is less than five dollars per front foot.

Added by Acts 1963, No. 102, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:131.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 131.1
Consolidation of governments creating a regional planning commission
Status: in_force

If the governing authorities of two or more local governmental subdivisions which have created a regional planning commission are, after creation of the commission, consolidated into a single governing authority, the consolidated governing authority and the planning commission may continue to operate in accordance with the provisions of this Subpart.

Acts 2001, No. 81, §1.

NOTE: See Acts 2001, No. 81, §2, relative to retroactive and prospective application.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3529 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3529
Execution and registration of certificates and interest coupons
Status: in_force

The certificates shall be signed by the chief executive officer of the municipality and by its clerk or secretary, on behalf of and in the name of the municipality and under the seal thereof. The interest coupons shall be signed with facsimile signature of the said officers, and before delivery, shall be registered in the mortgage record of the parish in which the municipality is located as to the serial number, or numbers, amount, rate of interest, dates due, and the drainage ditch, or parts thereof improved. Each of the certificates shall bear the following endorsement:

This certificate registered in the Mortgage Records of the Parish of __________, on this the _____ day of __________, 20___.

_________________________________

Clerk of Court and Ex-Officio

Recorder of Mortgages,

Parish of ________________.

Acts 1952, No. 379, §9.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2742 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2742
Estimate of expenditures; notice
Status: in_force

Police juries, before fixing the amount of taxes to be assessed for the current year, shall cause to be made out an estimate exhibiting the various items of expenditure; and shall cause the same to be published in the official newspaper of the parish, or in parishes where an official newspaper is not published, by posting written statements of the estimates in at least three of the most public places in the parishes, at least thirty days before their meeting to fix the amount of taxes to be assessed.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4812 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4812
Notice of ordinance ordering removal of remains
Status: in_force

Notice of the adoption of the ordinance shall be published once a week for five weeks in the official journal of the parish, calling upon all parties interested to remove the remains from the area within forty days after the first publication, or within such longer time as the ordinance may provide.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.22 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1236.22
Pointe Coupee Parish Poydras Fund; authority to expend revenue
Status: in_force

The governing authority of the parish of Pointe Coupee may expend any interest and other revenues earned by the Pointe Coupee Parish Poydras Fund for any lawful educational or cultural purpose as well as to maintain the grave site of Julien Poydras.

Acts 1995, No. 407, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:120.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 120.7
Membership; qualification requirements; term; meetings; vote
Status: in_force

A. The planning and zoning board shall consist of eleven members, all of whom shall be residents and electors of the parish. Current members of the Calcasieu Parish Planning Commission shall serve as members of the planning and zoning board and shall serve until expiration of the terms they are currently serving. The two additional members shall be appointed from among members currently serving on the Calcasieu Parish Board of Adjustment and shall serve until expiration of the terms they are currently serving. Thereafter, members shall be appointed by the police jury for terms of four years each. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term of any member whose term becomes vacant. All members shall be removable for cause by the police jury, upon written charges and after public hearing.

B. The planning and zoning board shall elect its own chairman, who shall serve for one year. The planning and zoning board shall adopt rules in accordance with the provisions of any ordinance adopted pursuant to this Subpart.

C. Meetings of the planning and zoning board shall be held at the call of the chairman and at such other times as the planning and zoning board may determine. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum. The chairman or, in his absence, the acting chairman may administer oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses. All meetings of the planning and zoning board shall be open to the public. The planning and zoning board shall keep minutes of its proceedings, showing the vote of each member upon each question, or, if absent or failing to vote, indicating that fact, and shall keep records of its examinations and other official actions, all of which shall be filed immediately in the office of the planning and zoning board and shall be public records. All testimony, objections thereto, and rulings thereon shall be taken down by a recorder employed by the planning and zoning board for the purpose.

D. A simple majority of a quorum is adequate to authorize variances, exceptions, and appeals by the planning and zoning board.

Acts 1997, No. 1274, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4600.10 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4600.10
Renewal of tourism recovery and improvement district; transfer or refund of remaining revenues; term limit
Status: in_force

A. Any tourism recovery and improvement district may be renewed by following the procedures for establishment as provided in this Section.

B.(1) If there are no changes to activities, assessment rates, assessment method, or boundaries, the tourism recovery and improvement district may be renewed by conducting a public hearing as provided in this Chapter to determine whether the tourism recovery and improvement district shall be renewed.

(2) If there are changes to activities, assessment rates, assessment method, or boundaries, the tourism recovery and improvement district may be renewed by following the procedures for the petition as provided in this Chapter in addition to the public hearing procedure as provided in this Chapter.

C. Upon renewal, any remaining revenues derived from the levy of assessments, or any revenues derived from the sale of assets acquired with the revenues, shall be transferred to the renewed tourism recovery and improvement district. If the renewed tourism recovery and improvement district includes additional businesses not included in the prior tourism recovery and improvement district, the remaining revenues shall be spent to benefit only the businesses in the prior tourism recovery and improvement district. If the renewed tourism recovery and improvement district does not include businesses included in the prior tourism recovery and improvement district, the remaining revenues attributable to these businesses shall be refunded to the owners of these businesses.

D. Upon renewal, a tourism recovery and improvement district shall have a term not to exceed ten years or, if the tourism recovery and improvement district is authorized to issue bonds, until the maximum maturity of those bonds. There is no requirement that the boundaries, assessments, improvements, or activities of a renewed district be the same as the original or prior tourism recovery and improvement district.

Acts 2021, No. 319, §1, eff. June 15, 2021.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:441.18 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 441.18
Town of Simmesport; appointment of court magistrate; duties; salary
Status: in_force

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

Added by Acts 1980, No. 395, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4770.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4770.1
Purpose
Status: in_force

It is hereby found and declared that the city of Monroe contains great numbers of unsightly and unsafe properties and dilapidated structures which have become a liability to the community. Such conditions give rise to the spread of disease and crime, impair the economic value of property upon which they are situated, and necessitate excessive and disproportionate expenditures for crime prevention, public health, welfare and safety programs, fire and accident protection, and other services. As a result of the conditions of dilapidated structures and noxious matters within the city, the city finds it has a compelling interest and purpose in the abatement of these nuisances, which are not exclusive. It is further found that the present system utilized by the city to address these problems of unsightly and unsafe properties and dilapidated structures, is in need of additional authority to enforce the ordinances and regulations of the city applicable to such properties, including but not limited to the city's building, fire, and zoning codes.

Acts 2003, No. 546, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1420.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1420.2
New Orleans cocktail
Status: in_force

There shall be an official cocktail of the city of New Orleans. The official New Orleans cocktail shall be the Sazerac. The Sazerac, created in the nineteenth century by Antoine Amedee Peychaud in the French Quarter of New Orleans, is world known for the use of a local product known as "Peychaud's Bitters". Its use on official documents of the city of New Orleans and with the insignia of the city of New Orleans is hereby authorized.

Acts 2008, No. 928, §1, eff. July 15, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4780.67 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4780.67
Board of adjustment; membership; powers and procedures; appeals from decisions
Status: in_force

A. The parish governing authority may provide for the appointment of a board of adjustment and, in the regulations and restrictions adopted pursuant to this Subpart, may provide that the board may determine and vary the application of such regulations and restrictions in harmony with their general purpose and intent and in accordance with general or specific rules contained therein.

B.(1) The board of adjustment shall consist of five members and may include two alternate members, all of whom shall be landowners and qualified voters of the parish of East Feliciana.

(2)(a) The members of the first board shall serve terms as follows: one for one year, one for two years, one for three years, one for four years, and one for five years.

(b) Thereafter, members shall be appointed for terms of five years each.

(3)(a) Of the two alternate members first appointed, one alternate member shall be appointed for a term of three years and the other for a term of two years.

(b)(i) Thereafter, each alternate member shall be appointed for a term of three years.

(ii) Alternate members shall serve only when called upon to form a quorum and when so serving shall have all the powers and duties of regular members.

(4) All members shall be removable for cause by the appointing authority upon written charges and after public hearings. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term of any member whose position becomes vacant. The board shall elect its own chairman, who shall serve for one year.

(5) The board shall adopt rules in accordance with the provisions of any ordinance adopted pursuant to this Subpart. However, no rules adopted by a board of adjustment, zoning administrator, or other official or official body appointed by the parish governing authority shall be effective until approved in writing by the parish governing authority.

C.(1) Meetings of the board shall be held at the call of the chairman and at such other times as the board may determine. The chairman, or in his absence the acting chairman, may administer oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses.

(2) All meetings of the board shall be open to the public. The board shall keep minutes of its meetings, showing the vote of each member upon each question, or, if the member is absent or fails to vote, indicating that fact, and shall keep records of its examinations and other official actions, all of which shall be filed immediately in the office of the board and shall be public records.

(3) All testimony, objections thereto, and rulings thereon shall be taken down by a reporter employed by the board for the purpose.

D.(1) Appeals to the board of adjustment 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.

(2) An appeal shall be taken within a reasonable time, as provided by the rules of the board, by filing with the officer from whom the appeal is taken and with the board of adjustment a notice of appeal specifying the grounds thereof.

(3) The officer from whom the appeal is taken shall transmit to the board all the papers constituting the record upon which the action appealed from was taken.

(4)(a) An appeal stays all proceedings in furtherance of the action appealed from, unless the officer from whom the appeal is taken certifies to the board of adjustment after the notice of appeal shall have been filed with him that, by reason of facts stated in the certificate, a stay would, in his opinion, cause imminent peril to life or property.

(b) In such case, proceedings shall not be stayed otherwise than by a restraining order that may be granted by the board of adjustment or by a court of record on application or notice to the officer from whom the appeal is taken and on due cause shown.

(5) The board of adjustment 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. Any party may appear in person or by agent or by attorney at the hearing.

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

(1) To hear and decide appeals where it is alleged that there is error in any order, requirement, decision, or determination made by an administrative official in the enforcement of the provisions of this Subpart or of any ordinance adopted pursuant thereto.

(2) To hear and decide all matters referred to it or upon which it is required to pass pursuant to ordinance.

(3) In passing upon appeals, when there are practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships in the way of carrying out the strict letter of an ordinance, to vary or modify the application of any of the regulations or provisions of an ordinance relating to the use, construction, or alteration of buildings or structures or the use of land so that the spirit of the ordinance shall be observed, public safety and welfare secured, and substantial justice done.

F.(1) In exercising its powers, the board may, in conformity with the provisions of this Subpart, reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or may modify the order, requirement, decision, or determination appealed from and may make such order, requirement, decision, or determination as ought to be made, and to that end shall have all the powers of the officer from whom the appeal is taken.

(2) The concurring vote of a majority of the members of the board present and voting shall be necessary to reverse any order, requirement, decision, or determination of any administrative official, to decide in favor of the applicant on any matter upon which the board is required to pass pursuant to ordinance, or to effect any variation in the ordinance.

Acts 2007, No. 186, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1333 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1333
Agreements concerning collection and disposal of solid wastes
Status: in_force

Any political subdivision may make agreements pursuant to R.S. 33:1324 and 1324.1 in order to create greater efficiency and economy and further extension of services in the area of solid waste disposal. All such agreements shall be pursuant to the provisions of this Part, but, in addition to the ability to acquire by gift, grant, purchase, or condemnation proceedings as provided in R.S. 33:1329, the political subdivisions may use any state equipment that may be available for purposes of solid waste disposal. The political subdivisions pursuant to R.S. 33:1332 may issue bonds to finance construction, acquisition, improvement, maintenance, or operation of such public projects, which are hereby declared to be works of public improvement under Part III of Chapter 4 of Subtitle II of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and Article VI, Section 32 of the Constitution of 1974, thereby allowing such political subdivisions to collect an ad valorem tax pursuant to the procedure set forth in Article VI, Section 32 of the Constitution of 1974 and applicable law. Arrangements for financing such operations, including the issuance of bonded indebtedness, shall be set forth in the agreement between the political subdivisions as required by R.S. 33:1331.

Added by Acts 1973, No. 103, §1; Acts 2014, No. 158, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3382 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3382
Portion of cost chargeable to owner of railway track in street
Status: in_force

In the event a railway bed or track, other than one owned by the municipality, occupies a portion of a street or alley, the owner of the railway shall pay of the total cost of the work the proportion that the area occupied by the railroad bed bears to the total area of the street or alley to be improved, and also the cost of extra work made necessary by the presence of the track in the street or alley to be improved.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:197 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 197
Manner of holding election
Status: in_force

Consolidation elections shall be held in the manner provided by law for regular municipal elections, as far as applicable and except as otherwise provided in this Subpart.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.806 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.806
Budget
Status: in_force

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

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

Acts 2009, No. 69, §1, eff. June 16, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9039.13 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9039.13
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Chapter, the term:

(1) "Assessable improvements" means any and all public improvements and community facilities that the district is empowered to provide in accordance with this Chapter.

(2) "Assessment bonds" means special obligations of the district which are payable solely from proceeds of the special assessments levied for an assessable project.

(3) "Board" or "board of supervisors" means the governing board of the district or, if such board has been abolished, the board, body, or commission succeeding to the principal functions thereof or to whom the powers given to the board by this Chapter have been given by law.

(4) "Bond" includes "certificate", and the provisions which are applicable to bonds are equally applicable to certificates. The term "bond" includes any assessment bond, refunding bond, revenue bond, and other such obligation in the nature of a bond as is provided for in this Chapter.

(5) "Community development district" or "district" means a special district as provided in Article VI, Section 19 of the Constitution of Louisiana, which is created pursuant to this Chapter and limited to the performance of those specialized functions authorized by this Chapter; the boundaries of which are contained wholly within a single parish; the governing head of which is a body created, organized, and constituted and authorized to function specifically as prescribed in this Chapter for the delivery of community development services; and the formation, powers, governing body, operation, duration, accountability, requirements for disclosure, and termination of which are as required by general law.

(6) "Cost", when used with reference to any project, includes but is not limited to:

(a) The expenses of determining the feasibility or practicability of acquisition, construction, or reconstruction.

(b) The cost of surveys, estimates, plans, and specifications.

(c) The cost of improvements.

(d) Engineering, fiscal, and legal expenses and charges.

(e) The cost of all labor, materials, machinery, and equipment.

(f) The cost of all lands, rights, servitudes, and franchises acquired.

(g) Financing charges.

(h) The creation of initial reserve and debt service funds.

(i) Working capital.

(j) Interest charges incurred or estimated to be incurred on money borrowed prior to and during construction and acquisition and for such reasonable period of time after completion of construction or acquisition as the board may determine.

(k) The cost of issuance of bonds pursuant to this Chapter, including advertisements and printing.

(l) The cost of any election held pursuant to this Chapter and all other expenses of issuance of bonds.

(m) The discount, if any, on the sale or exchange of bonds.

(n) Administrative expenses.

(o) Such other expenses as may be necessary or incidental to the acquisition, construction, or reconstruction of any project or to the financing thereof, or to the development of any lands within the district.

(7) "District manager" means the manager of the district.

(8) "District roads" means highways, streets, roads, alleys, sidewalks, landscaping, storm drains, bridges, and thoroughfares of all kinds and descriptions.

(9) "Landowner" means the owner of immovable property as it appears in the official records of the parish, including a trustee, a private corporation, and an owner of a condominium unit.

(10) "Project" means any development, improvement, property, utility, facility, works, enterprise, or service hereafter undertaken or established under the provisions of this Chapter.

(11) "Revenue bonds" means obligations of the district which are payable from revenues derived from sources other than ad valorem taxes on immovable or movable property and which do not pledge the property, credit, or general tax revenue of the district.

(12) "Sewer system" means any plant, system, facility, or property, and additions, extensions, and improvements thereto useful or necessary in connection with the collection, treatment, or disposal of sewage.

(13) "Water management and control facilities" means any lakes, canals, ditches, reservoirs, dams, levees, floodways, pumping stations, or any other works, structures, or facilities for the conservation, control, development, utilization, and disposal of water, and any purposes incidental thereto.

(14) "Water system" means any plant, system, facility, or property and additions, extensions, and improvements thereto, useful or necessary in connection with the development of sources, treatment, or purification and distribution of water.

Acts 2001, No. 992, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.83 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.83
Powers and functions of the board
Status: in_force

The board shall have the following powers and functions:

(1) Make recommendations and provide relevant information about the wards 4 and 6 area concerning such matters as:

(a) Natural and environmental conditions, trends of industrial population, developments, and the culture of the people.

(b) Land use in the area.

(c) The need for and the proposed general locations of commercial, mixed use, public, or private works and facilities in the area.

(2) Make or assist in studies of the resources of the Wards 4 and 6 area and the problems affecting the development of the area and make such studies available to the public. In making such studies, the board may seek assistance from public or private sources.

(3) Prepare, maintain, and make available listings of the resources of the wards 4 and 6 area and of the major public and private works which affect the development of the area.

(4) Provide information in order to foster public awareness and understanding of the purpose of the board and to stimulate public interest and participation in the development of the area.

(5) Accept the donation of public or private grants and services.

(6) Solicit the assistance of industry and private civic organizations in the control and reduction of litter in the area and encourage participation in the "adopt-a-road" program as provided in R.S. 48:235 for the purpose of controlling litter along the highways of the area.

(7) Hold public hearings and sponsor public forums.

(8) Exercise all other powers necessary and proper for the discharge of its function.

Acts 2010, No. 87, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3689.12 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3689.12
Negotiability of certificates; validity and incontestability
Status: in_force

Paving certificates issued hereunder shall have all the qualities of negotiable paper under the law merchant, and shall not be invalid for any irregularity or defect in the proceedings for their issuance, sale or delivery, and shall be incontestable in the hands of bona fide purchasers thereof for value.

Acts 1952, No. 430, §12.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4545.11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4545.11
Agreement as to joint ownership of a project
Status: in_force

Any agreement between the Authority and a municipality with respect to the joint ownership of a project shall provide that each party to the agreement shall own a percentage of the project equal to the percentage of the money furnished or the value of property and services supplied by the respective parties for the acquisition and construction thereof and shall own and control a like percentage of the output thereof. Such agreement shall further provide that the Authority and its participating municipalities shall be liable in solido for their acts thereunder and that no moneys or other contributions supplied by the Authority shall be applied in any way to the account of any other party to the agreement. Any such agreement may contain such terms, conditions, and provisions as the board of directors of the Authority shall deem to be in the best interest of the Authority. The agreement may include, but shall not be limited to, provisions for the construction, operation and maintenance of a project by one of the parties thereto, which shall be designated in or pursuant to such agreement as agent on behalf of itself and the other parties, or by such other means as may be determined by the parties and provisions for a uniform method of determining and allocating among the parties costs of construction, operation, maintenance, renewals, replacements, and improvements with respect to such project. In carrying out its functions and activities as such agent with respect to the construction, operation, and maintenance of such a project, including without limitation the letting of contracts therefor, such agent shall be governed by the laws and regulations applicable to such agent as a separate legal entity and not by any laws or regulations which may be applicable to any of the other parties. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, the Authority may delegate its powers and duties with respect to the construction, operation and maintenance of such project to such agent, and all actions taken by such agent in accordance with the provisions of such agreement shall be binding upon each of such parties without further action or approval by their respective board of directors or governing bodies. Such agent shall be required to exercise all such powers and perform its duties and functions under the agreement in a manner consistent with prudent utility practice. Those acts which constitute prudent utility practice may be defined in such agreement.

Notwithstanding any other provision of Louisiana law relative to the right of partition available to owners of property or portions thereof, the right of partition shall not be available to any party with respect to any property acquired or held subject to the terms of the joint ownership agreement authorized by this Section, however, such agreement may provide for the sale, lease or other disposition of such property on such terms and conditions as may be provided in the agreement. None of the property or facilities jointly owned, acquired or held or other property and facilities of a party to the agreement and specifically covered by the agreement shall be subject to expropriation by another party to the agreement.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 772, §1, eff. July 20, 1979.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2542 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2542
Right of employee who entered armed forces to be reinstated
Status: in_force

Any regular permanent employee who, subsequent to May 1, 1940, left a position of the departmental service which now comes within the classified service and entered the armed forces of the United States shall be restored to his position and, thereafter, shall be subject to the rights and jurisdiction of the classified service created by this Part, if he makes application therefor to the appointing authority within sixty days from the date of his honorable discharge or discharge under honorable conditions, and if he is physically and mentally capable of performing the work of his position to the satisfaction of the appointing authority.

Acts 1964, No. 282, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:385 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 385
Qualifications of alderman; vacancies; office holding; contracting
Status: in_force

A. The qualifications of the aldermen shall be the same as are prescribed for the mayor, and in addition, those elected from wards must be residents of their respective wards.

B. A vacancy in the office of alderman shall be filled pursuant to R.S. 18:602. In the event of a tie vote in filling a vacancy, the mayor as the presiding officer shall vote to break the tie. If the mayor fails or refuses to do so, the members of the board of aldermen shall notify the governor of the existence of the vacancy, and within ten days after he receives the notice, the governor shall make an appointment to fill the vacancy.

C. No member of the board of aldermen shall hold any other office or employment under the municipal government while he is a member of the board, except as is provided for in R.S. 33:381 and R.S. 33:386. No member of the board of aldermen, or any other officer of the corporation, shall be directly or indirectly interested in any work, business, or contract the consideration of which is to be paid from the treasury of the municipality, nor be surety for any person having a contract, work, or business with the municipality, for the performance of which security may be required, nor be surety for any officer or employee, except that the aldermen of the town of Erath shall be permitted to enter into contracts with said town for services or supplies where such services or supplies are available only by aldermen and there has been public notice of such and full compliance with the public bid law.

Amended by Acts 1979, No. 550, §1. Acts 1985, No. 890, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

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La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1822 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1822
Compensation of substitute marshal
Status: in_force

Whenever any person is appointed by the mayor as provided for in R.S. 33:1821, he may demand the same fees and compensation that are allowed to the marshal of the incorporated village.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3523 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3523
Notice calling for bids; payment of cost of improvement
Status: in_force

The governing authority, after having given due notice of intention to make the proposed improvements and after disposing of all objections, and having decided to order the construction of the improvements, may, without further delay, have prepared the necessary plans and specifications for the work, and adopt a resolution or ordinance authorizing the advertisements for bids therefor, by giving notice, calling for sealed bids for the construction of the work. The notice shall be signed by an authorized officer of the municipality, and shall be published for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the municipality, or if there be none, publication may be made in any newspaper having a general circulation in the parish where the municipality is located, the first insertion to be not less than fifteen days prior to the reception and opening of the bids. The notice shall contain a general description of the work contemplated, shall refer to the plans and specifications which shall be placed on file with the clerk or secretary of the municipality, and shall designate the hour, date, and place for the reception and opening of the bids, and may provide that the contractor be required to accept certificates of the municipality in payment for the work performed, and may stipulate that the right is reserved to reject any and all bids. Where the municipality has undertaken to construct the improvements, instead of being required to advertise for bids, and award the contract for the construction of the work as prescribed in this Section, the governing authority may advertise in the manner as hereinabove provided, for sealed bids for the purchase of the materials, equipment and supplies necessary for the improvements, with the right to reject any and all bids, and may thereafter, without further advertisement, purchase the materials, equipment and supplies, provided that the prices at which the purchases are made shall not be greater than that specified in the lowest sealed bid received for the materials, equipment and supplies, or any of them. Where no bids have been received, the purchases may be made without further advertisement at market prices. The total cost of the improvement, including labor, materials, equipment, and supplies, together with engineers' and attorneys' fees, and all other expenses incidental to the cost of the improvements shall be assessed and paid in the manner and form provided in this Sub-part, except, that the governing authorities may, if it so elects, pay and defray up to one-third of said total cost of improvements. The balance being assessed to abutting property owners as set forth above.

Acts 1952, No. 379, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9208 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9208
District tax
Status: in_force

Subject to the approval of the electors of the district as herein provided, the district may levy and collect annually an ad valorem tax on all property in the district subject to such a tax under the authority of Article VI, Section 32 of the Louisiana Constitution. The tax may be of any amount and for such number of years as provided in the proposition submitted to the electors to authorize its levy. The avails of this tax are to be used for the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of facilities or other public improvements included in the master plan.

Acts 1984, No. 161, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.56 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2740.56
Columbia; downtown development district
Status: in_force

The Columbia Downtown Historical District as created and provided for by ordinance 93-4, adopted May 11, 1993, and any amendment thereto, shall be deemed to be and shall be recognized as a downtown development district.

Acts 2003, No. 513, §1, eff. June 20, 2003.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9031 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9031
Cooperative endeavors with public body
Status: in_force

For the purpose of aiding in the implementation of an economic development plan, any local governmental subdivision may cooperate or engage in cooperative endeavors with any economic development corporation or other local governmental subdivision or any other private or public entity or person.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 617, §1; Acts 2002, No. 78, §2, eff. June 25, 2002.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1419.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1419.3
Alternative Fuel Vehicle Revolving Loan Fund Program
Status: in_force

A. There shall be an Alternative Fuel Vehicle Revolving Loan Fund Program within the Department of Conservation and Energy through which the state may provide financial assistance to a local governing authority in the manner provided for in this Subpart for the costs of converting all or a portion of the local governing authority's fleet of motor vehicles to qualified clean fuel vehicles propelled by an alternative fuel.

B. The Department of Conservation and Energy may promulgate rules and regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of this Subpart, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, subject to oversight by the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.

Acts 2010, No. 118, §1, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2023, No. 150, §8, eff. Jan. 10, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.885 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.885
Taxes; borrowing money
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

(4) The tax shall be imposed and collected uniformly throughout the district. However, a special taxing district may be established for a particular plan, program, objective, or specific development within the district.

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

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

(a) The district may loan or grant funds to businesses, industries, manufacturing firms, housing programs, and wholesale distribution firms and service firms.

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

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

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

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

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

(g) No project may be considered unless the project will be constructed and maintained by persons at least fifty percent of whom are residents of the parish of St. Martin and at least fifty percent of the goods and services for maintenance of the project are obtained from a supplier domiciled within the parish, except where not reasonably possible to do so without substantial added expense, substantial inconvenience, or substantial sacrifice in operational efficiency. The district executive committee or board of commissioners may evaluate a development or project and waive the provisions of the Subparagraph.

(h) The lending or underwriting principals shall have such demonstrated experience, ability, and net worth as would allow for the success, continuation, security, and solvency of the program. Prudent lending and underwriting standards shall be applied in order to comply with the primary objectives of this Section. The district is not required to obtain any right, title, or interest in any real or personal property in order to pay the cost of an economic development project.

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

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

(b) The operational fund may also be utilized in contracting for services as may be required by the district, including but not limited to planning assistance, surveys, land use studies, professional and technical services, construction contracting, and other services necessary to effectuate a strategic plan or an industrial development plan for a specific industry which has submitted a plan to the board of commissioners.

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

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

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

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

Acts 2025, No. 442, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4766 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4766
Lien and privilege for cost of demolition, removal, and maintenance by parish or municipality; interest; attorney fees
Status: in_force

A. The parish or municipality has a privilege and lien upon an immovable and its improvements, and the owner is personally liable for:

(1) The cost to the parish or municipality of maintenance of the immovable or improvements; and

(2) The cost to the parish or municipality of demolishing or removing, or both, a building or other structure situated upon the immovable or improvements, and all attorney fees incurred by the parish or municipality in connection with such demolition or removal.

B. "Maintenance" shall include but not be limited to grass cutting, weed abatement, and trash and garbage removal.

C. The privilege and lien shall be preserved and enforced only after the owner has refused, after notification by the parish or municipality and reasonable opportunity to be heard, to pay the costs incurred by the parish or municipality.

D. The privilege and lien shall be preserved by the filing and recording of an affidavit signed by the parish president, police jury, mayor of the municipality, or his designee in the mortgage office of the parish in which the immovable is situated. The affidavit shall include a description of the property sufficient to reasonably identify the immovable and a statement of facts listing the approximate cost or costs incurred by the parish or municipality.

E.(1) The privilege and lien shall be enforced by ordinary process in the district court having jurisdiction of the immovable within three years after it is perfected. Alternatively, the privilege and lien may be enforced by assessing the amount of the privilege and lien against the immovable as a tax against the immovable, to be enforced and collected as any ordinary property tax lien to be assessed against the property; the lien and privilege may be collected in the manner fixed for collection of taxes and shall be subject to the same civil penalties for delinquencies. After the parish, levee board, or municipality has incurred such costs as constitute the lien and privilege on the property, the parish president, police jury, mayor, president or executive director of the levee board, or any director of any community development department of the parish or municipality may send an attested bill of said costs and expenses which constitute the lien and privilege to the director of administration or tax assessor of the parish in which the property is located, who shall add the amount of the bill to the next tax bill of the owner. The lien obtained by the parish, levee board, or municipality pursuant to proper notification and filing shall include not only the costs provided for in Subsection A of this Section but shall include all attorney fees and all costs of court incurred in the locating of the owner, the notification of the owner, and the enforcement and collection of the amount secured by the lien against the immovable and the improvements.

(2) If authorized by parish or municipal ordinance, the parish or municipality may also recover interest on the amounts secured by the lien. The interest shall not exceed the rate of legal interest provided in R.S. 9:3500 and shall be computed from the date of recordation of the lien until paid. The privilege and lien of the parish or municipality shall prime all other liens or privileges against the property filed after the notice to the owner to show cause is filed with the recorder of mortgages pursuant to R.S. 33:4762(D), regardless of the date on which the lien and privilege of the parish or municipality is perfected, except that the lien and privilege of the parish or municipality will not prime other tax liens against the property.

F. The lien of the parish or municipality shall not be cancelled until after payment of all amounts, including costs, attorney fees, and interest.

G. In addition to the lien and enforcement procedures authorized under this Section, the parish or municipality has a cause of action against the owner personally for the costs incurred by the parish or municipality, if such owner is not indigent and has the ability to pay a judgment obtained by the parish or municipality. Such action may be brought by ordinary proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction.

H.(1) If property, which may be subject to a lien and privilege granted in favor of a parish or municipality under this Section, is owned in indivision and the owners in indivision, with their proportionate share in the property, are listed separately by the tax assessor on the ad valorem tax roll for the parish or municipality, then the parish or municipality shall notify each owner in indivision of his liability under this Section.

(2) Upon failure of each owner in indivision to pay his proportionate share of the charges incurred under this Section, that part of the property for which the charges are not paid shall be subject to a lien and privilege in favor of the parish or municipality as provided in this Section.

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection F of this Section to the contrary, upon payment by an owner in indivision of his proportionate share listed on the ad valorem tax roll for the parish or municipality of the charges, attorney fees, and interest incurred under this Section, and after certification of such proportionate interest by the assessor, the lien and privilege granted under this Section shall be removed from the proportionate interest of the paying owner in indivision. If outstanding charges levied under this Section are added to the annual ad valorem tax bill, the proportionate payment by the paying owner in indivision shall be reflected on the bill, and his interest in the property free of such charge shall be distinguished on the tax bill.

(4) Notice of the lien and privilege required herein shall be made upon the owners in indivision at their actual address or the last known address listed on the tax rolls of the parish.

Amended by Acts 1982, No. 827, §1; Acts 1987, No. 434, §1; Acts 1988, No. 553, §1, eff. July 14, 1988; Acts 1989, No. 62, §1; Acts 1990, No. 965, §2; Acts 2001, No. 949, §1; Acts 2008, No. 601, §1; Acts 2010, No. 437, §1; Acts 2010, No. 586, §1, eff. July 1, 2010.

NOTE: See Acts 1988, No. 553, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2429 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2429
Political activities prohibited
Status: in_force

A. No person shall:

(1) Be appointed or promoted to, or demoted or dismissed from, any position in the classified service, or in any way favored or discriminated against with respect to employment in the classified service because of his political or religious opinions or affiliations.

(2) Seek or attempt to use any political endorsement in connection with any appointment to a position in the classified service.

(3) Use or promise to use, directly or indirectly, any official authority or influence, whether possessed or anticipated, to secure or attempt to secure for any person an appointment or advantage in appointment to a position in the classified service, or an increase in pay or other advantage in employment in any such position, for the purpose of influencing the vote or political action of any person, or for any consideration.

B. No employee in the classified service, and no member of the commission shall, directly or indirectly, pay or promise to pay any assessment, subscription, or contribution for any political organization or purpose, or solicit or take any part in soliciting any such assessment, subscription, or contribution. No person shall solicit any such assessment, subscription or contribution of any employee in the classified service.

C. No person elected to public office shall, during the term for which he was elected, be appointed to any position in the classified service.

D. The commission may upon its own initiative, and shall upon the filing of written charges by any appointing authority, employee in the city service, citizen, or taxpayer, investigate any charges that the provisions of this Section have been violated by any person in the city service. Within thirty days after the filing of charges, the commission shall hold a public hearing concerning the charges. If the commission determines that the charges are true or, on the basis of additional evidence which is introduced at the hearing, determines that the person under inquiry has violated any of the provisions of this Section, the commission shall direct the offending person to be dismissed from the city service. The offender shall be subject to the penalties provided in R.S. 33:2432.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4283 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4283
Certificates of indebtedness payable from revenues of utility; form and requisites; redemption; sale
Status: in_force

Upon obtaining the authority from a majority of the qualified electors of the municipality voting in the election, the governing body of the municipality may issue negotiable certificates of indebtedness which shall be payable solely from the income and revenues to be derived from the operation of the revenue producing utility or the franchises thereof. These certificates of indebtedness shall not constitute an indebtedness or pledge of the general credit of the municipality within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation of indebtedness and shall contain a recital to that effect. The certificates of indebtedness shall be in coupon form, but may be registerable as to principal if so provided in the proceedings authorizing their issuance. The certificates of indebtedness shall be in the denominations of one hundred dollars or a multiple thereof, shall bear interest at a coupon rate not exceeding six per cent per annum, shall mature serially or otherwise, (but shall not mature later than twenty years from the date of issuance) shall be made payable at the place either within or without the state provided by the proceedings authorizing their issuance, and may be made redeemable at the option of the governing authority of the municipality prior to maturity at premiums not greater than ten per cent of the principal amount thereof. The certificates of indebtedness shall be signed by the chief executive officer under the official seal of the municipality in the manner provided in the proceedings authorizing their issuance. Interest coupons to be attached thereto may be executed with the facsimile signature of such officer, and in the event that any official whose signature appears on the certificates of indebtedness or coupons ceases to occupy his office before the delivery of the certificates to the purchaser, his signature shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes. The certificates of indebtedness shall be sold at public sale after thirty days' advertisement in a newspaper in the municipality or in the parish in which the municipality is located, in such manner and at such times as the governing authority may determine, except that in no event shall the certificates be sold at less than their par value.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3675.11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3675.11
Requisites of negotiable paper; incontestability
Status: in_force

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

Added by Acts 1956, No. 517, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3885.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3885.3
Inclusion on tax rolls charges for sewerage systems
Status: in_force

Sewerage districts created under this Subpart may include on the tax rolls, in addition to taxes upon the property of the sewerage district, rates, charges, or connection charges for any services rendered by the sewerage district, to be paid by the owner of each parcel of real estate, or building connected with and users that are served by the sewerage system for the district, which rates, charges, or connection charges may not be assessed, levied, and collected at the same time and manner as other taxes are assessed, levied, and collected.

Acts 1991, No. 619, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4229 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4229
Service charge where revenues of garbage or sewerage facilities are pledged
Status: in_force

Where the revenues pledged to the payment of bonds under this Subpart are revenues of a utility comprised of sewerage facilities or garbage facilities, the governing authority of the municipal corporation or district may impose against the owners of all real property in the municipal corporation or district a service charge for the facilities afforded by the utility, which charge shall not be a lien upon the property. The charges to be made shall be in amounts which the governing body shall determine in each year and shall be sufficient to provide for the cost of operating and maintaining the utility and to pay interest on and principal of the bonds secured by the revenues of the utility. No such charge shall be made against the owner of any property which is not benefited by the utility. A list of the names of all owners against whom charges are made and the amounts of the charges made against each owner may be certified by the governing authority to the official charged with the assessment of taxes against such property at such time and in such manner in each year so as to permit the amount of the charge to be carried upon the assessment roll of the real property in the municipal corporation or district. Each such charge may be carried on the roll as a special item due by the owner of the property individually, and may be identified on the roll as "Special Sewerage Charge or Special Garbage Charge, as the case may be, of ________ (inserting the name of the municipal corporation or district)." Such charges may be paid to the official who collects the general taxes assessed against the real property located in the municipal corporation or district and may be paid at the same time and in the same manner as general taxes are paid. Where the ownership of real property changes the municipal corporation or district may require any subsequent owner seeking sewerage or garbage service to apply therefor by proper application, whereupon the charges to be so imposed against such owner may be assessed and collected in the manner hereinabove provided. The municipal corporation or district may pay the tax collecting official the same commission on the amounts collected by him as he receives for the collection of ad valorem taxes, and may pay the assessing official a sum sufficient to reimburse him for the additional expense occasioned by reason of listing the charges on the assessment roll. The amounts to be so paid to the assessor and collector shall be considered one of the costs of operating and maintaining the utility.

Amended by Acts 1976, No. 505, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4338 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4338
Purchaser of utility at foreclosure sale entitled to franchise
Status: in_force

In event foreclosure proceedings are instituted by virtue of any bonds issued under the provisions of this Sub-part, and in the event any person becomes the owner of such utility at the foreclosure sale, the purchaser shall without any further action on the part of the governing authority of the municipality become automatically vested with a franchise to operate the utility for such term as would have been required to pay and retire all of the bonds foreclosed upon in full.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4775 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4775
Mobile homes and manufactured housing
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this Subpart shall be construed to allow the provisions of a building code to supersede the provisions of the Uniform Standards Code for Mobile Homes and Manufactured Housing (R.S. 51:911.21 et seq.).

Acts 1987, No. 648, §1, eff. July 9, 1987.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1342 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1342
Definitions; terms defined
Status: in_force

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

(1) "Accident and health protection" means indemnification of public employees and/or their dependents for hospitalization, medical, dental, and related expenses incurred for injury or illness in accordance with a schedule of benefits prescribed by the trustees of an interlocal risk management agency; or as set forth in a joint policy or policies of insurance providing protection against said risks and expenses.

(2) "Governing body" means the body which exercises the legislative functions of the local governmental subdivision.

(3) "Group self-insurance fund" means a pool of public monies established by an interlocal risk management agency from contributions of its members in order to pool any one or more of the following risks: accident and health protection, public liability, or workers' compensation and those risks defined in R.S. 22:47(3), (6), (7), and (10); or to purchase a joint policy or policies of insurance providing protection against said risks.

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

(5) "Interlocal risk management program" means a plan and activities carried out under such plan by an interlocal risk management agency to reduce risk of loss on account of public liability or workers' compensation liability, including safety engineering and other loss prevention and control techniques and to administer one or more local risk management pools, including the processing and defense of claims brought against members of the agency.

(6) "Local governmental subdivision" means any parish or municipality, other governing or administrative body created under the charter of, or by the governing body of, such parish or municipality to serve a public purpose, or other local governing or administrative body created by or pursuant to law or the Constitution of Louisiana to serve a public purpose. For purposes of this Subpart only, this term also means the offices of the various clerks of court and district public defender offices established in accordance with R.S. 15:141 et seq., the members of a trust established by a statewide hospital association for the purposes of providing employers' liability or workers' compensation coverage for its members, provided the majority of the members of such trust consists of governmental subdivisions, and any city, parish, or other local public school system.

(7) "Public liability" means liability to which a local governmental subdivision may be subject either directly or by reason of liability rising out of an act of its employee, agent or officer in the course and scope of employment.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 462, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 808, §1, eff. Aug. 2, 1981; Acts 1982, No. 454, §1; Acts 1983, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 1, §6; Acts 1986, No. 411, §1; Acts 1987, No. 482, §1; Acts 1991, No. 507, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1084, §1; Acts 2007, No. 307, §5; Acts 2008, No. 415, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2015, No. 309, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2430 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2430
Other prohibited acts
Status: in_force

No person shall:

(1) Make any false statement, certificate, mark, rating, or report with regard to any test, certification, or appointment made under any provision of this Part or commit or attempt to commit any fraud preventing the impartial execution of this Part and the rules.

(2) Directly or indirectly, give, render, pay, offer, solicit, or accept any money, service, or other valuable consideration for or on account of any appointment, proposed appointment, promotion, or proposed promotion to, or any advantage in, a position in the classified service.

(3) Defeat, deceive, or obstruct any person in his right to examination, eligibility, certification, or appointment under this Part, or furnish to any person any special or secret information for the purpose of affecting the rights or prospects of any person with respect to employment in the classified service.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4161 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4161
Revenue-producing public utility defined
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this Part, "revenue-producing public utility" means any revenue-producing business or organization that regularly supplies the public with a commodity or service, including electricity, gas, water, ice, ferries, warehouses, docks, wharves, terminals, airports, transportation, telephone, telegraph, radio, television, drainage, sewerage, garbage disposal, emergency medical services, and other like services; or any project or undertaking, including public lands and improvements thereon, owned and operated by a political subdivision authorized by the Constitution of Louisiana or by law to issue bonds, from the conduct and operation of which revenue can be derived.

Amended by Acts 1954, No. 570, §1; Acts 2003, No. 407, §1, eff. June 18, 2003; Acts 2014, No. 158, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.546 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.546
Exemption from taxation
Status: in_force

NOTE: R.S. 33:130.546 repealed by Acts 2001, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 2, §3, eff. upon transfer to the military department of the state pursuant to R.S. 29:33.2. See Section 5 of Act 2.

The district and all properties at any time owned by the district and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation by the state of Louisiana.

Acts 1995, No. 986, §1; Acts 2001, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 2, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:7728 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 7728
Board of commissioners of St. Tammany Parish Mosquito Abatement District No. 2; expenditure of district funds; extension of service
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the board of commissioners of St. Tammany Parish Mosquito Abatement District No. 2 shall exercise sole authority for determining the manner in which funds of the district may be expended for purposes of mosquito abatement, control, eradication, and study, subject to the approval of the director of the district.

B. The board of commissioners of St. Tammany Parish Mosquito Abatement District No. 2 may extend any service authorized by this Chapter outside the territorial boundaries of the district in accordance with the terms of a service agreement between the board and the governing authority of any parish or municipality. Said agreement shall be concluded pursuant to the Local Services Law (R.S. 33:1321-1334) and shall include a statement of the financial obligations of each party to the agreement. In order to meet its financial obligations under such an agreement, any such parish or municipal governing authority may assess special taxes or service charges against persons within its jurisdiction provided the service.

C. The board of commissioners may pay the health insurance claims of district employees when the district's employee health insurance carrier becomes insolvent and is unable to satisfy those claims. The board may use surplus funds of the district to pay the unpaid claims.

D. The St. Tammany Parish Police Jury may include within the boundaries of St. Tammany Parish Mosquito Abatement District No. 2 all or any portion of Wards 3, 4, and 7 of said parish, and that portion lying within Ward 2, to wit:

From the intersection of the section line common to sections 37 and 38, Township 5 South, Range 10 East, and the Tchefuncte River, also the point of beginning, go east along said section line to the section corner common to sections 6, 37, and 38, Township 5 South, Range 10 East; thence follow the eastern section line of section 38 to the corner common to sections 38, 39, and 18, Township 5 South, Range 10 East; thence go south along the eastern boundary of section 39 approximately 800 feet to a point approximately 200 feet north of Park Lane; thence go south 40 degrees east approximately 2200 feet to a point on the southern right of way of Louisiana Highway 40 approximately 200 feet east of Albert Thompson Road; thence go south and southeast along a line 200 feet east of and parallel to the eastern right of way of Albert Thompson Road to a point approximately 200 feet east of Delaune Road; thence go southeast and east along the line 200 feet east of and parallel to Delaune Road to a point 200 feet north of the eastern end of Delaune Road; thence go south 57 degrees east 1800 feet; thence go south 15 degrees and 30 minutes east 2500 feet; thence go south 14 degrees west approximately 500 feet to La. Hwy. 1078; thence follow said highway southeast to its intersection with the township line common to Townships 5 and 6 South, also the southern boundary of Ward 2; thence go west along said township line to its intersection with the Tchefuncte River; thence follow the meanderings of said river upstream in a generally northward direction in its intersection with the section line common to sections 37 and 38, Township 5 South, Range 10 East, and the point of beginning; provided that the imposition therein of all previously authorized taxes of the district shall have been first approved by a majority of voters of the area proposed to be included at an election held for such purpose.

E. If the St. Tammany Parish Council changes the name of St. Tammany Parish Mosquito Abatement District No. 2, such redesignation shall not affect the respective powers of the board of commissioners of the district or the parish council provided by this Section. If the parish council changes the name of the district, any reference in this Section to St. Tammany Parish Mosquito Abatement District No. 2 shall be deemed to refer to the district under its new designation.

Acts 1985, No. 87, §1, June 29, 1985; Acts 1986, No. 310, §1; Acts 1991, No. 713, §1; Acts 1993, No. 910, §1, eff. June 23, 1993; Acts 2007, No. 76, §1, eff. June 22, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.50.39 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.50.39
Enforcement and remedies
Status: in_force

The town council and the police jury may provide, in their respective jurisdictions, for the enforcement of any code, ordinance, or other measure enacted under this Subpart. A violation of any such code, ordinance, or other measure is hereby declared a misdemeanor. In case any building or structure is or is proposed to be constructed, reconstructed, altered, extended, converted, or maintained in violation of any code or ordinance enacted under this Subpart, the building inspector, permit or zoning clerk, municipal or parish counsel, or other appropriate authority of the municipality or of the parish, or any adjacent or neighboring property owner who would be specifically damaged by such violation, may, in addition to other remedies, institute injunction, mandamus, or other appropriate action or proceeding to prevent such unlawful construction, reconstruction, alteration, extension, conversion, maintenance, or use, or to correct or abate such violation, or to prevent the occupancy of such building.

Acts 2019, No. 75, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2585.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2585.6
Election; results; rules and regulations; promulgation
Status: in_force

A. The administrative head shall submit a written report of the election results to the municipal or parochial civil service commission and the governing authority of the parish or municipality within three days after the election is held. Upon receipt of the results of the election, the governing authority of the parish or municipality shall promulgate the results thereof. The candidate who receives the greatest number of the votes cast in the election shall be elected, and the governing authority shall notify the candidate of his election.

In the event there are two candidates who each receive the same and greatest number of votes in the election, the winner shall be determined by lot by the governing authority of the parish or municipality.

B. The local governing authority of the parish or municipality may make such reasonable rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this state, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Section.

Added by Acts 1980, No. 563, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 242, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4564.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4564.3
Ward Ten Recreation District of the parish of Rapides
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:4564(A) and (C) or any other law to the contrary, the board of commissioners of Ward Ten Recreation District, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, shall be composed of nine members as follows:

(1) Six members shall be appointed by the governing authority of Rapides Parish.

(2) One member shall be appointed by the board of aldermen of the town of Ball with the approval of the mayor of Ball and shall be a qualified voter and resident of the town of Ball.

(3) The president of the Ward Ten girls softball program shall be a member.

(4) The president of the Ward Ten boys baseball program shall be a member.

Acts 1989, No. 95, §1; Acts 1990, No. 144, §1; Acts 2001, No. 811, §1, eff. June 26, 2001.

NOTE: See Acts 2001, No. 811, §2, relative to implementation of the Act.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3887.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3887.8
Home rule charter parishes; districts; governance
Status: in_force

A. The governing authority of any parish governed by a home rule charter may provide, by ordinance, for the governance of districts created by the parish. Any such ordinance may provide for the creation of one or more supervising boards to govern such districts. Any ordinance that creates a supervising board shall provide for the appointment and compensation of board members.

B. This Section shall not apply to the parish of Orleans.

Acts 2019, No. 69, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1325 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1325
Form and publication of agreements
Status: in_force

All arrangements concluded under the authority of R.S. 33:1324 shall be reduced to writing. For this purpose it shall suffice for each party to the agreement, acting through its governing body, to accept the agreement by the passage of an ordinance or resolution setting out the terms of the agreement. The agreement, ordinance, or resolution shall be published in the official journal of the parish or municipality, in the same manner as are the other proceedings of the governing body.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.848 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.848
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 2011, No. 205, §1, eff. June 24, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4643 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4643
Board of control
Status: in_force

The governing authority of the parish shall, by ordinance, create a board of control for the war memorial civic center, appoint five citizens of the parish or the territory of the ward affected to serve for terms of one, two, three, four, and five years, and their successors shall be appointed for terms of five years. The president of the police jury shall be a member ex-officio of the board of control of the war memorial civic center. In case of a vacancy for any cause whatever, it shall be filled by the governing authority of the parish for the unexpired term.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4720.87 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4720.87
Blighted property removal
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter, St. Charles Parish shall have the power to acquire by purchase, gift, bequest, expropriation, negotiation, or otherwise any blighted property as defined in this Section, either within or outside a designated community improvement area and, further, to hold, clear, manage, and dispose of said property, all in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section, which procedures shall be exclusive for the acquisition of individual blighted property by the parish governing authority but shall not affect any other authority of the parish governing authority for acquisition of blighted property.

B. For the purposes of this Section, "blighted property" shall include those commercial or residential premises, including lots, which have been declared vacant, uninhabitable, and hazardous by Planning and Zoning. In determining whether any premises are vacant, uninhabitable, and hazardous, Planning and Zoning shall consider any or all of the following:

(1) Any premises which because of physical condition are considered hazardous to persons or property.

(2) Any premises declared to be a public nuisance.

(3) Any premises declared to be a fire hazard.

(4) Any premises declared to be vermin-infested.

(5) Any premises declared to be lacking in facilities or equipment required by local ordinances.

C. The parish governing authority shall not acquire any blighted property by expropriation unless Planning and Zoning has held an administrative hearing on the question and has resolved such property to be blighted and has authorized the acquisition of such property by the parish governing authority.

D. The procedure for certification of blighted properties shall be as follows:

(1) Any parochial entity responsible for inspecting property and enforcing health, housing, fire, historic district, and environmental codes, or any other entity designated by the parish governing authority shall submit to Planning and Zoning a list of those properties which are determined to be vacant, uninhabitable, and hazardous and which otherwise meet the criteria set forth in Subsection B of this Section for the determination of blight.

(2) Planning and Zoning shall place each listed property on the administrative hearing docket and notify each property owner of the scheduled hearing by registered or certified mail at the address of the property owner as listed in the assessor's office of the parish. If the notice is returned as undeliverable or as not accepted, notice shall be given in the official journal of the parish. The notice shall include the property owner's name, the property's street address, and the date, time, and place of the hearing. The notice shall also state that the purpose of the hearing is to determine whether the property is blighted and eligible for expropriation by the parish governing authority. Notice by mail or publication shall be accomplished at least thirty days prior to the date of such hearing.

(3) On the date of the hearing, interested parties may present testimony before Planning and Zoning concerning the properties under consideration. After hearing all of the information and evidence presented, Planning and Zoning shall certify by order those properties which are determined to be blighted and shall authorize the parish governing authority to acquire said properties if the parish governing authority finds that such acquisition is necessary and feasible.

E.(1) Upon receipt of authorization to acquire, the parish governing authority shall begin immediately to procure purchasers for any properties acquired pursuant to this Section in order to facilitate the immediate transfer and development thereof.

(2) Expropriation pursuant to this Section shall confer title to the property conveyed in the deed of sale free of all mortgages, liens, privileges, taxes, and encumbrances, provided that notice of such expropriation shall be sent at least thirty days prior to commencement of such expropriation proceedings by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, by personal service, or by other means provided by law to all parties having a legally protected property interest in such property whose names and addresses can be reasonably ascertained. The proceeds from the expropriation of property pursuant to this Section shall be credited and applied against the most recent taxes, mortgages, and liens imposed pursuant to R.S. 33:1236, and paving and other local improvement assessments due on the property in accordance with the order of preference in R.S. 47:2190, and any funds remaining after full payment of all taxes, mortgages, liens, and assessments shall be distributed to creditors in accordance with the priorities of distribution set forth in Article 2377 of the Code of Civil Procedure. Any taxes, charges imposed pursuant to R.S. 33:1236, and paving or other local improvement assessments remaining past due and unpaid after the application of the expropriation proceeds shall remain the responsibility of the previous owner of the property.

(3) Prior to acquisition of any properties declared blighted and in accordance with procedures established by the parish governing authority, it shall offer technical or financial assistance as may be available for rehabilitation to the property owner.

(4) Except to the extent of any conflict with the provisions of this Section, property disposed of within a community improvement area shall be disposed of under a redevelopment contract in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 33:4720.88. Property disposed of outside a community improvement area shall be disposed of by deed in accordance with the provisions set forth in applicable law.

F. The parish governing authority may receive and utilize any federal, state, local, or other funds as may be appropriated or otherwise made available in order to effectuate the purposes of this Section.

Acts 2004, No. 583, §1, eff. June 25, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4877 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4877
Parish zoning ordinances; St. John the Baptist Parish
Status: in_force

The governing authority of the parish of St. John the Baptist is authorized to zone its territory, to create residential, commercial, and industrial districts, and to prohibit the establishment of places of business in residential districts. No zoning ordinance or creation of districts pursuant to the authority herein shall interfere with or hinder the operation of any existing public utility facilities, whether publicly or privately owned. The members of the governing authority attending zoning meetings shall be paid a twenty-five dollar per diem not to exceed eighteen meetings in any calendar year.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 632, §1; Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1350.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1350.1
Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police Risk Management Agency
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created, in accordance with this Subpart, an interlocal risk management agency to be known as the Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police Risk Management Agency, hereinafter referred to as "the agency". The agency shall be in the form of a trust.

B. All powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities of the agency shall be vested in a board of trustees, which shall be appointed by the Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police. The board shall have the power to perform all functions necessary to pool liability insurance risks of its member police departments in accordance with the provisions of this Subpart. The board of trustees shall consist of six full-time, professional law enforcement officers appointed by the Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police and one risk management specialist elected from the professional committee which serves under the board.

C. The agency shall be exempt from all fees and all taxes levied by this state or any of its subdivisions except taxes levied on real or personal property.

D. The agency shall be subject to the excess insurance requirements established in R.S. 33:1349.

Acts 1988, No. 354, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4872 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4872
Election to approve parking meters
Status: in_force

Where the parking meters are installed, an election shall be held by the municipality to decide whether the parking meters shall remain on the streets or be removed if a petition signed by fifteen percent of the qualified voters of the municipality is presented to the governing authority after a six months trial period and prior to nine months after meters are installed. A majority of the qualified votes cast in the election shall determine the issue.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2956 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2956
Investments by foundations and similar entities created by hospital service districts
Status: in_force

A. For purposes of this Section, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) "Foundation" means a nonprofit or not-for-profit corporation or other entity created by the board of commissioners or comparable governing body of a hospital service district for the purpose of financial support of the facilities and programs of the hospital service district.

(2) "Funds of the foundation" means money or other things of value donated to the foundation to support the facilities, programs, and activities of the hospital service district the foundation was created to support but shall not include any funds donated or provided to the foundation by the district or by any facility or program of the district.

(3) "Hospital service district" means a district created by local, special, or general law or created by a parish or municipality pursuant to general law for the purpose of owning and operating health care facilities, including but not limited to hospitals, for the care of persons suffering from illness or disability, administering other activities related to health care provision or promotion, and otherwise promoting or providing health care services to the public.

B. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any foundation may invest funds of the foundation as provided by law for investment of funds of the Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, including but not limited to R.S. 11:263 and 267; however, any such investment may be made only in compliance with rules and regulations established by the board of directors or other governing board of the foundation, in compliance with rules and regulations established by the board of commissioners of the hospital service district, and in compliance with the provisions of R.S. 11:263 and 267 and any other law which provides for investments in which funds of the Louisiana State Employees Retirement System may be invested.

Acts 2010, No. 702, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9106 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9106
Funding; definitions; emergency telephone service charge
Status: in_force

A. As used in this Section, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) "District" means the communication district created pursuant to R.S. 33:9101.

(2) "E911" means Enhanced Universal Emergency Number Service or Enhanced 911 Service that is a telephone exchange communications service whereby a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) designated by the customer may receive telephone calls dialed to the telephone number 911. E911 Service includes lines and equipment necessary for the answering, transferring and dispatching of public emergency telephone calls originated by persons within the serving area who dial 911 but does not include dial tone first that may be made available by the service provider based on the ability to recover the costs associated with its implementation and consistent with tariffs filed with and approved by the Louisiana Public Service Commission.

(3) "Exchange access facilities", "exchange access lines", or "lines" means lines provided by the service supplier for the provision of local exchange service, as defined in existing general subscriber services tariffs, or interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service as defined in 47 CFR 9.3. For a Primary Rate Interface (PRI) circuit or other multiline service, the number of exchange access facilities is equal to the capacity as activated by the service supplier for simultaneous outward voice calls to the public switched telephone network.

(4) "Service supplier" means any person providing exchange telephone service or interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) to any service user throughout the parish.

(5) "Service user" means any person, not otherwise exempt from taxation, who as an end user is provided exchange telephone service or interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) in the parish.

(6) "Tariff rate" means the rate or rates as stated in the service supplier's tariffs and approved by the Public Service Commission, that represent the service supplier's recurring charges for exchange access facilities, exclusive of all taxes, fees, licenses, or similar charges whatsoever. If exchange access facilities are provided by the service supplier under both flat and usage-sensitive rate schedules, the flat rates shall be considered the "tariff rate".

(7) "Fund the district" means pay the expenses necessary to carry out all purposes of the district, including but not limited to identification of all streets, roads, highways, and dwelling places in the district pursuant to R.S. 33:9102 and R.S. 33:9106(D).

B.(1)(a) The governing authority of the district may, when so authorized by a vote of a majority of the persons voting within the district in accordance with law, levy an emergency telephone service charge in an amount not to exceed five percent of the tariff rate; however, if a district is served by more than one service supplier, then the emergency telephone service charge shall not exceed five percent of the highest tariff rate. The district governing authority may, upon its own initiative, call such a special election. Any such service charge shall have uniform application and shall be imposed throughout the entirety of the district to the greatest extent possible in conformity with availability of such service in any area of the district.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph or any other law to the contrary, the governing authority of a communications district created pursuant to this Part or to Act No. 490 of the 1983 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature may levy the emergency telephone service charge authorized by this Subsection or such Act on a uniform flat-fee schedule of fixed rates not based on any tariff rate charged in the parish. If the governing authority converts to such a rate schedule for its service charge, such rate shall be equal to the applicable tariff-based rate at the time of conversion unless a higher rate is approved by the voters of the district.

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

(3)(a) An emergency telephone service charge shall be imposed only upon the amount received from the tariff rate exchange access lines. If there is no separate exchange access charge stated in the service supplier's tariffs, the governing authority shall determine a uniform percentage not in excess of eighty-five per centum of the tariff rate for basic exchange telephone service that shall be deemed to be the equivalent of tariff rate exchange access lines, until such time as the service supplier establishes such a tariff rate. No such service charge shall be imposed upon more than one hundred exchange access facilities per person per location.

(b) Every billed service user shall be liable for any service charge imposed under this Subsection until it has been paid to the service supplier. The duty of the service supplier to collect any such service charge shall commence upon the date of its implementation, which shall be specified in the resolution calling the election. Any such emergency telephone service charge shall be added to and may be stated separately in the billing by the service supplier to the service user.

(4)(a) The service supplier shall have no obligation to take any legal action to enforce the collection of any emergency telephone service charge. However, the service supplier shall annually provide the district governing authority with a list of the amount uncollected, together with the names and addresses of those service users who carry a balance that can be determined by the service supplier to be nonpayment of such service charge. The service charge shall be collected at the same time as the tariff rate in accordance with the regular billing practice of the service supplier.

(b) Good faith compliance by the service supplier with this provision shall constitute a complete defense to any legal action or claim which may result from the service supplier's determination of nonpayment and/or the identification of service users in connection therewith.

(5)(a) The amounts collected by the service supplier attributable to any emergency telephone service charge shall be due quarterly. The amount of service charge collected in one calendar quarter by the service supplier shall be remitted to the district no later than sixty days after the close of a calendar quarter.

(b) On or before the sixtieth day after the close of a calendar quarter, a return, in such form as the district governing authority and the service supplier agree upon, shall be filed with the district, together with a remittance of the amount of service charge collected payable to the district.

(c) The service supplier shall maintain records of the amount of the service charge collected for a period of at least two years from date of collection. The district governing authority may, at its expense, require an annual audit of the service supplier's books and records with respect to the collection and remittance of the service charge.

(d) From the gross receipts to be remitted to the district, the service supplier shall be entitled to retain as an administrative fee, an amount equal to one percent thereof.

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

D. The governing authority of the district may identify all streets, roads, highways, and dwelling places in the district which are not otherwise designated by name and number in order to carry out the purposes of the district.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 550, §1. Amended by Acts 1988, No. 123, §1; Acts 1988, No. 153, §1; Acts 1991, No. 358, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1029, §1, eff. July 9, 1999; Acts 2016, No. 665, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4302 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4302
Notice of intention to create district; hearing of objections; resolution fixing boundaries
Status: in_force

No gas utility district shall be created hereunder until notice of the intention to create such district shall have been ordered by resolution or resolutions which shall define the proposed boundaries of the district and state the purposes of the incorporation thereof. Such notice shall state that the governing authority will in open session on a day and at an hour and place therein named hear objections to the creation of such gas utility district and that it will at such time or at an adjournment of such meeting proceed to create the proposed district. Where the proposed district lies in more than one parish, such notice shall be given by the governing authority of each parish and a hearing shall be so held in each parish. Such notice shall be published once a week for four successive weeks and the first publication shall be not less than thirty days before the date fixed for the hearing. The notice shall be published in a newspaper published in each parish affected.

The governing authority shall hear all objections at the time appointed or at any time to which the hearing may be adjourned, shall pass upon the same, and may eliminate such territory from the proposed district as it may consider fair and equitable to eliminate, provided that where the proposed district is to lie in more than one parish, the governing authority in each parish may eliminate from such district only territory lying within the boundaries of such parish. The decision of each governing authority shall be final and conclusive and at such hearing or at a subsequent meeting the governing authority shall, if it determines to create such district, adopt a resolution finally fixing the boundaries of the district and giving the district a numerical designation and name. Where the district is to lie within the boundaries of more than one parish, like resolutions shall be adopted by the governing authority of each parish affected. Notice of the formation of any such district shall be given forthwith by publication of an appropriate notice for one time in each parish affected.

Acts 1960, No. 415, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:171 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 171
Ordinance to enlarge or contract corporate limits; distribution of certain revenues in annexed areas
Status: in_force

A. The limits and boundaries of incorporated municipalities shall remain as established on July 31, 1946, but may be enlarged or contracted, by ordinance of the governing body as hereinafter provided, the city of New Orleans excepted. The municipal governing authority shall furnish, by electronic medium, the registrar of voters of the affected area and the secretary of state a copy of all municipal ordinances annexing territory within fifteen days after adoption of such ordinances, as well as a map and written description of all newly annexed territory. If the municipal governing authority does not have the ability to submit the information required by this Subsection by electronic medium, the governing authority shall submit the information by certified mail or commercial courier.

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 27:437, when the governing authority of a municipality which lies wholly within a parish in which video poker regulated by the Video Draw Poker Devices Control Law is prohibited annexes territory in a parish in which video poker regulated by such law is permitted, no revenues from the Video Draw Poker Device Fund shall be distributed or appropriated to the annexing municipality. This Subsection shall apply to any annexation by ordinance adopted by a municipality but which has not taken effect on June 9, 1999.

C.(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 27:437, when the governing authority of a municipality located in a parish in which video poker regulated by the Video Draw Poker Device Control Law is permitted annexes territory in which video draw poker devices are operated prior to the effective date of such annexation, no monies in the Video Draw Poker Device Fund derived from fees, fines, and penalties deposited in such fund by reason of the operation of such devices and related activities in the annexed area shall be distributed or appropriated to the annexing municipality. However, monies in the Video Draw Poker Device Fund derived from fees, fines, and penalties deposited in the fund by reason of the operation of video draw poker devices and related activities which were first operated in the annexed territory after the effective date of such annexation shall be appropriated and distributed as provided in R.S. 27:437.

(2) The provisions of this Subsection shall apply to any annexation after July 1, 2003, and to any annexation by ordinance adopted by a municipality but which has not taken effect on July 1, 2003.

(3) Amounts distributed pursuant to this Subsection may be redistributed among the authorized recipients pursuant to a written agreement, ratified by a vote of the governing authority of each recipient.

D. As used in this Section, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them by this Subsection:

(1) "Commercial courier" means any foreign or domestic business entity having as its primary purpose the delivery of letters and parcels of any type which acquires a signed receipt from the addressee, or the addressee's agent, of the letter or parcel upon completion of delivery and has no direct or indirect interest in the outcome of the matter to which the letter or parcel concerns.

(2) "Electronic medium" means by electronic mail or facsimile.

Acts 1986, No. 669, §2; Acts 1999, No. 176, §1, eff. June 9, 1999; Acts 2003, No. 1058, §2, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2016, No. 294, §1, eff. May 31, 2016.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4780.32 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4780.32
Modification or suspension to comply with state or federal laws or regulations
Status: in_force

In the event that state or federal laws or regulations, enacted after a development agreement has been entered into, prevent or preclude compliance with one or more provisions of the development agreement, such provisions of the agreement shall be modified or suspended as may be necessary to comply with such state or federal laws or regulations.

Acts 1988, No. 505, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3835 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3835
Contesting validity
Status: in_force

No contest or proceeding to question the validity or legality of any resolutions or ordinances adopted or proceedings had under the provisions of R.S. 33:3822 through 33:3835 shall be begun in any court by any person for any cause whatsoever, after the expiration of thirty days from the date when the resolution, ordinance or proceeding was published, and after such time the regularity of such resolution, ordinance, or proceeding shall be conclusively presumed. If the validity of any certificates or amortized notes issued under the provisions of R.S. 33:3822 through 33:3835 is not raised within thirty days from the date of publication of the resolution or ordinance authorizing the issuing of said certificates or amortized note and fixing their terms, the authority to issue said certificates or amortized note, the legality thereof and of the local or special assessments necessary to pay the same shall be conclusively presumed and no court shall thereafter have authority to inquire into such matters.

Acts 1962, No. 313, §14. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 18, §1, eff. June 2, 1966, at 2:32 P.M.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9038.39 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9038.39
Levy of ad valorem tax, sales tax, and/or hotel occupancy tax
Status: in_force

Subject to limitations and prohibitions of the Louisiana Constitution, an economic development district has the power to levy ad valorem taxes, sales taxes, or hotel occupancy taxes within the district up to five mills of ad valorem taxes, up to two percent of sales taxes, or up to two percent of hotel occupancy taxes, or any combination of such taxes, above and in addition to any other ad valorem taxes, sales taxes, or hotel occupancy taxes, or combination of such taxes, then in existence or permitted to be in existence within the district. Any such increase in taxes shall be levied only after the governing authority of the district has adopted an appropriate resolution giving notice of its intention to levy such taxes, which resolution shall include a general description of the taxes to be levied, and notice of this intention shall be published once a week for two weeks in the official journal of the district, the first publication to appear at least fourteen days before the public meeting of the governing authority of the district at which the governing authority will meet in open and public session to hear any objections to the proposed levy of increased taxes. The notice of intent so published shall state the date, time, and place of the public hearing. Such tax increase may be levied only after the governing authority of the district has called a special election submitting the proposition for the levy of such taxes to the qualified electors of the district and the proposition has received the favorable vote of a majority of the electors voting in the election; however, in the event there are no qualified electors in the district as certified by the registrar of voters, no such election shall be required. The powers and rights conferred by this Section shall be in addition to the powers and rights conferred by any other general or special law. This Section, and any provisions of this Chapter not inconsistent therewith, does and shall be construed to provide a complete and additional method for the levy of any ad valorem tax, sales tax, or hotel occupancy tax or combination of such taxes. No election, proceeding, notice, or approval shall be required for the levy of such taxes except as provided herein. The provisions of this Section shall be liberally construed for the accomplishment of its purposes.

Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 147, §1, eff. April 23, 2002; Acts 2006, No. 850, §4, eff. July 11, 2006.

NOTE: See Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 147, §3, providing that Part II is an alternative to other provisions of Chapter 27 of Title 33 and does not conflict with, repeal, or supercede other provisions of Chapter 27.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3496 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3496
Tabulation and publication of bids; extra petitions; determining character of improvement
Status: in_force

After all bids have been received and opened, the governing authority shall tabulate and publish them in the official journal, giving the name of the street on which the improvement is requested, the character of the improvement, the name of the lowest bidder, and the price bid. Should there be more than one petition for the same improvement, only that petition representing the greatest foot frontage of the property affected shall be acted upon. Should the petition of the property owners fail to specify the particular type, design, or plan of the improvement, the governing authority shall determine the detailed specifications of the improvement.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3675.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3675.4
Awarding of contracts
Status: in_force

The governing authority shall meet in open session on the date and at the place and hour named in the notice calling for sealed bids for the construction of the works, and open the bids and award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder who can furnish satisfactory security. They may, however, reject any and all bids, and at any time, within a period of thirty days from the date of the reception and opening of the bids, award the contract for the works without further advertisement, provided that no contract shall be let for an amount greater than that specified in the lowest sealed bid received from a responsible bidder. Any contract awarded under the provisions of this Sub-part, shall be authorized by resolution empowering the contract, on behalf of and in the name of the municipality. A copy of the contract shall be set forth in full in the resolution, and the resolution shall be published in full in one issue of the official journal, and a certified copy of the resolution filed with the clerk of court of the parish in which the municipality is located, and duly recorded in the mortgage records of said parish without expense to the municipality.

Added by Acts 1956, No. 517, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:82 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 82
Sanctuary policies prohibited
Status: in_force

A state entity, law enforcement agency, or local governmental entity may not adopt or have in effect a sanctuary policy.

Acts 2024, No. 314, §1, eff. May 28, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3689.14 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3689.14
Engineer; employment and duties; attorney
Status: in_force

Said parishes are hereby authorized through their police juries to engage the services of an engineer and provide for his payment, which engineer shall prepare all plans and specifications as to grade, subgrade, drainage, manner and type of paving, surfacing, sidewalks, or other improvements, including the necessary curbing, guttering, aprons, headers and drains, providing that the police jury shall approve such plans and specifications by a proper resolution duly adopted. Such engineer so employed shall inspect the work as let in accordance with contracts hereunder and shall issue to the said contractor his estimates thereon from time to time as the said work progresses, which estimates may be paid by the parish either in full or by the retention of an amount not exceeding twenty (20%) per cent thereof as retained percentage. Upon final completion of the work the said engineer shall render a report to the police jury of the parish as to the completion of the work in a satisfactory manner, which report shall be duly certified to, and in addition thereto the said engineer shall do and perform any and all engineering duties required of him in R.S. 33:3689.1-33:3689.17. The police juries of the respective parishes are also hereby authorized to employ an attorney or firm of attorneys to handle all legal work in connection with such improvements herein authorized and provide for the payment of his or their fee.

Acts 1952, No. 430, §14.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9058.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9058.2
Parcel fees; Caddo Parish Ambulance Service District Number One
Status: in_force

A.(1) In addition to the powers otherwise granted by and notwithstanding the provisions of this Chapter, the board of commissioners of Caddo Parish Ambulance Service District Number One may levy and collect a parcel fee within the district boundaries which shall not exceed sixty dollars per parcel per year, which parcel fee shall be imposed by resolution or ordinance of the governing authority of the district only after the question of the imposition of the parcel fee and the purpose, rate, and duration of the parcel fee has been approved by a majority of the voters of the district voting at an election held for the purpose. The proceeds of such parcel fee shall be expended for the purposes of acquiring, constructing, maintaining, and operating ambulance service, including salaries and all purposes incidental thereto. Any parcel fee imposed pursuant to this Section shall be levied and collected and be due and owing annually. Such fee may be carried on the tax rolls for Caddo Parish and collected at the same time as parish ad valorem taxes.

(2) If any parcel fee is not paid when due, such district shall proceed against the parcel for the collection of the amount of the fee unpaid and delinquent and collection costs incurred by such district plus interest at a rate not exceeding twelve percent on the unpaid amount of the parcel fee, and in the event legal proceedings are necessary to effect collection, court costs and reasonable attorney's fees. However, attorney's fees shall be payable by the parcel owner only if demand by the governing authority of the district has been made on the parcel owner by registered or certified mail, and such parcel owner has failed to pay the amount due within ten days after such demand. A judgment obtained for nonpayment of a parcel fee, upon being recorded in the mortgage records in the parish, shall prime all other liens except those for taxes and prior recorded local or special assessments. If there are one or more property mortgages on such parcel and the mortgage holder or holders have notified the tax collector in the parish of such recorded mortgage in accordance with the requirements of R.S. 47:2180.1, the district, prior to proceeding against such parcel for failure to pay a parcel fee, shall give notice to each mortgage holder of the amount of the parcel fee due and owing on such parcel and that such parcel fee must be paid within twenty days after the mailing of the notice or proceedings will be commenced against the parcel. The notice shall be sent to each such mortgage holder by certified mail, return receipt requested, or made by personal or domiciliary service on such mortgage holder.

(3) A "parcel" as used in this Section shall mean a lot, a subdivided portion of ground, or an individual tract upon which is located, either in whole or in part, a residential or commercial structure, regardless of the structure's being occupied or unoccupied.

B.(1) In addition to and notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:9058 and Subsection A hereof, the board of commissioners of Caddo Parish Ambulance Service District Number One may assess and collect a monthly service charge or user fee which fee shall not exceed five dollars per month, only after the question of the imposition of a monthly service charge or user fee and the purpose, rate, and duration of such fee has been approved by a majority of the voters of the district voting at an election held for the purpose. The amount of the monthly service charge or user fee will be imposed yearly by resolution of the board of commissioners. The proceeds of such monthly service charge or user fee shall be expended for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, maintaining, and operating ambulance service, including the cost of salaries and all purposes incidental thereto.

(2) Such monthly service charge or user fee will be added as a separate charge to one of the public utility statements of a public utility serving the district. This method of collection may be imposed only after approval in an election and agreement with the public utility as to collection costs, accounting procedures, and the approval of the state regulatory body regulating the public utility. The public utility may discontinue service to a customer for failure to pay the monthly service charge or user fee as imposed herein.

Acts 1990, No. 659, §1, eff. July 19, 1990.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1997 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1997
Penalty for violations
Status: in_force

A. No official or executive officer of any fire department or municipal, parish or fire protection district officer or fire board member affected by this Sub-part shall permit any violation of the provisions of this Sub-part.

B. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars for each offense, or imprisoned not less than ten days, nor more than sixty days, or both. Each day the violation is permitted to occur constitutes a separate offense.

Amended by Acts 1962, No. 132, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4130 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4130
New Orleans; proceeds of bond sale
Status: in_force

The proceeds of all sales of bonds issued under the authority of R.S. 33:4125, except refunding bonds which shall be governed by the provisions of the resolution authorizing their issuance, shall be held by the Board of Liquidation, City Debt, and paid over on the warrants of the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans in the manner and under the conditions provided in R.S. 33:4094 with reference to disbursements of said tax funds, and shall be used solely and exclusively for the construction and extension of the drainage system of the city of New Orleans.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 167, §1. Acts 1985, No. 731, §1, eff. July 16, 1985.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4546.9 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4546.9
Trust agreement; bond resolution
Status: in_force

A. In the discretion of the authority, any revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this Chapter may be secured by a trust agreement by and between the authority and a corporate trustee. Such corporate trustee, and any depository of funds of the authority, may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the state. The resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or the trust agreement may pledge or assign all or a portion of the revenues to be received by the authority, and may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as may be reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, and may restrict the individual right of action by bondholders. The trust agreement or the resolution providing for the issuance of such bonds may contain covenants including, but not limited to, the following:

(1) The pledge of all or any part of the revenues of the authority.

(2) The rents, rates, fees and charges to be established, maintained, and collected, and the use and disposal of revenues, gifts, grants and funds received or to be received, by the authority.

(3) The setting aside of reserves and the investment, regulation, and disposition thereof.

(4) The custody, collection, securing, investment, and payment of any monies held for the payment of bonds.

(5) Limitations or restrictions on the purposes to which the proceeds of sale of bonds then or thereafter to be issued may be applied.

(6) Limitations or restrictions on the issuance of additional bonds, the terms upon which additional bonds may be issued and secured or the refunding of outstanding or other bonds.

(7) The procedure, if any, by which the terms of any contract with bondholders may be amended, the percentage of bonds the bondholders of which must consent thereto, and the manner in which such consent may be given.

(8) Events of default and the rights and liabilities arising thereupon, the terms and conditions upon which bonds issued under this Chapter shall become or may be declared due before maturity, and the terms and conditions upon which such declaration and its consequences may be waived.

(9) The preparation and maintenance of a budget.

(10) The retention or employment of consulting engineers, independent auditors, attorneys, and other technical consultants.

(11) Limitations on or the prohibition of free service to any person, firm or corporation, public or private.

(12) The acquisition and disposal of property, and the appointment of a receiver of the funds and property of the authority in the event of a default.

(13) Provisions for insurance and for accounting reports and the inspection and audit thereof, and

(14) The continuing operation and maintenance of any project or projects of the authority.

B. Any pledge made by the authority pursuant to this Chapter shall be valid and binding from the date the pledge is made. The revenues, securities, and other monies so pledged and then held or thereafter received by the authority or any fiduciary shall immediately be subject to the lien of the pledge without physical delivery thereof or further act, and the lien of the pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the authority without regard to whether such parties have notice thereof. The resolution or trust agreement or any financing statement, continuation statement or other instrument by which a pledge is created need not be filed or recorded in any manner.

Acts 1988, No. 412, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4574.15 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4574.15
Five Parishes West; tourism promotion
Status: in_force

A. In order to provide for the coordination of the promotion and the advertisement and publication of information relating to tourism in the parishes of Allen, Beauregard, DeSoto, Sabine, and Vernon, Five Parishes West is hereby created and shall be comprised of such parishes.

B. The tourist commissions lawfully established within the region comprised of such parishes and the parish governing authorities in the absence of such commissions shall cooperate with each other for the promotion of the tourist industry in the region by the promotion, advertising, and publication of information relating to tourism therein.

C. Five Parishes West shall have authority to accept through the tourist commissions, or parish governing authorities as the case may be, grants and donations from all sources made to the region for the purposes for which Five Parishes West is established.

Acts 2006, No. 483, §1, eff. July 1, 2006.

NOTE: See Acts 2006, No. 483, §3, providing for renaming of the West La. Tourist Development Region as Five Parishes West and §2 repealing the uncodified Act (Act 20 of 1973 R.S.) which created such region.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3303 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3303
Advertising for bids; contents of notice
Status: in_force

The governing authority, after having given due notice of intention to make the proposed improvements and after disposing of all objections and after deciding to order the construction of the improvements, may without further delay have prepared the necessary plans and specifications for the work, and adopt a resolution or ordinance authorizing the advertisements for bids therefor, by giving notice, calling for sealed bids for the construction of the work. The notice shall be signed by an authorized officer of the municipality, and shall be published three times in at least two consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the municipality or, if there is none, publication may be made in any newspaper having a general circulation in the parish where the municipality is located. The first insertion shall be not less than thirteen days prior to the reception and opening of the bids and the last publication shall be in the last week. The notice shall contain a general description of the work contemplated, shall refer to the plans and specifications which shall be placed on file with the clerk or secretary of the municipality, and shall designate the hour, date, and place for the reception and opening of the bids. It may provide that the contractor be required to accept certificates of the municipality in payment for the work performed and may stipulate that the right is reserved to reject any and all bids. Where the municipality has undertaken to construct the improvements, instead of being required to advertise for bids and award the contract for the construction of the work as prescribed in this Section, the governing authority may advertise in the manner hereinabove provided for sealed bids for the purchase of the materials, equipment, and supplies, but the prices at which the purchases are made shall not be greater than those specified in the lowest sealed bid received for the materials, equipment, and supplies, or any of them. Where no bids are received, the purchases may be made at market prices without further advertisement. The total cost of the improvement, including labor, materials, equipment, and supplies, together with engineers' and attorneys' fees, and all other expenses incidental to the cost of the improvements shall be assessed and paid in the manner and form provided in this Subpart.

Amended by Acts 1980, No. 295, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.526 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.526
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. 33:130.525 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. 315, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4873 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4873
Parish and municipal advertising
Status: in_force

Parish and municipal governing authorities may advertise by publications and radio and spend of their funds, not otherwise specifically allocated by law, sums prescribed as follows:

(1) Those serving territories exceeding one hundred thousand population may spend the sum of thirty thousand dollars annually.

(2) Those serving a territory with a population not exceeding one hundred thousand may spend the sum of fifteen thousand dollars annually.

(3) Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 501, §3, eff. June 28, 1999.

Acts 1991, No. 823, §1; Acts 1999, No. 501, §§1, 3, eff. June 28, 1999.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1819 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1819
Substitute for marshal or tax collector
Status: in_force

Whenever the office of marshal or tax collector of any municipal corporation, New Orleans excepted, becomes vacant, and until his successor is elected or appointed and qualified, or whenever the marshal, or tax collector is absent therefrom, any sheriff, deputy sheriff, or constable of the parish or ward in which the municipality is situated may perform all the duties incumbent on the marshal or tax collector.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2454 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2454
Political activities; other provisions
Status: in_force

A.(1) No member of the civil service board or employee covered under this Part shall:

(a) Participate or engage in political activity.

(b) Be a candidate for nomination or election to public office, except for the position of elected employee member of the civil service board, or be a member of any national, state, or local committee of a political party or faction.

(c) Make or solicit contributions for any political party, faction, or candidate.

(d) Take active part in the management of the affairs of a political party, faction, candidate, or any political campaign, except to exercise his right as a citizen to express his opinion privately, to serve as a commissioner or official watcher at the polls, and to cast his vote as he desires.

(2) No person shall solicit contributions for political purposes from a classified employee or use or attempt to use his position in the parish service to punish or coerce the political action of a classified employee.

(3) As used in this Part, "political activity" means an effort to support or oppose the election of a candidate for political office or to support a particular political party in an election.

B. Rules and regulations, classification plans, and pay plans presently in effect for the employees of Rapides Parish will remain in effect until rules and regulations under this law have been passed by the civil service board.

C. Any person holding a full-time position subject to this Part on June 7, 1993, who has served as an employee of the parish for at least six months prior thereto shall continue in his position without competitive test, but shall be subject in all other respects to this Part.

Acts 1993, No. 387, §1, eff. June 7, 1993.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3675.16 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3675.16
Certificates tax exempt; security for deposits
Status: in_force

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

Added by Acts 1956, No. 517, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9038.37 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9038.37
Encouragement of private enterprise
Status: in_force

Consistent with the purposes of this Chapter and the needs of the local governmental subdivision, a corporation or economic development district, or a local governmental subdivision acting directly, shall encourage the full participation of private enterprise in the development and construction of residential, commercial, retail, industrial, institutional, recreational, and other facilities, structures, and appurtenances necessary or convenient in the connection with an economic development project, and to afford the maximum opportunity for such full participation, shall formulate such rules and regulations consistent with the purposes of this Chapter and the goal of encouraging private enterprise as the corporation, economic development district, or local governmental subdivision deems necessary for these purposes.

Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 147, §1, eff. April 23, 2002; Acts 2006, No. 850, §4, eff. July 11, 2006.

NOTE: See Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 147, §3, providing that Part II is an alternative to other provisions of Chapter 27 of Title 33 and does not conflict with, repeal, or supercede other provisions of Chapter 27.