La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9681 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9681
Unfair acts or practices by political subdivisions
Status: in_force

A. No political subdivision shall charge or impose a tax upon any person or legal entity, the sole basis of which is the fact that the person or legal entity is domiciled, registered, or organized outside of the jurisdiction of that political subdivision.

B. No political subdivision shall charge or impose a fee for the general use of the public streets of the political subdivision upon any person or legal entity which is domiciled, registered, or organized outside of the jurisdiction of that political subdivision, which such fee is not charged or imposed upon the persons or legal entities which are domiciled, residing, registered, organized, or doing business within the jurisdiction of that political subdivision.

C.(1) Whenever the attorney general has reason to believe that any political subdivision is using, or is about to use any method or practice prohibited by this Section, he may bring an action for injunctive relief in the name of the state against such political subdivision in district court.

(2) The district court is authorized to issue temporary restraining orders or preliminary and permanent injunctions to restrain and enjoin violations of this Section.

(3) In addition, the attorney general may request and the court may award the following:

(a) Restitution for the aggrieved person or legal entity in an amount equivalent to the overcharging, plus interest.

(b) Costs incurred by the attorney general's office in pursuing the matter.

D. The provisions of this Section shall not be applicable to the town of Grand Isle in Jefferson Parish or the town of Lake Arthur in Jefferson Davis Parish.

Acts 2010, No. 639, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2822 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2822
Taxes to which tax exemption shall apply
Status: in_force

All property subject to taxation within the municipal corporation shall be listed on the assessment rolls in the same form and manner as provided for by existing laws. The tax exemption or relief shall not apply to any parish, any municipal, or any taxing district taxes unless the governing authority of the municipal corporation provides for the tax exemption or relief by ordinance or resolution, setting out therein the taxes for which the tax exemption or relief is to be provided from the funds in the property tax relief fund.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3822.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3822.1
Construction, improvement, etc. of sewerage system by Lafourche water district
Status: in_force

Upon the authorization of the Lafourche Parish Police Jury as provided for in R.S. 33:3811.1, the Lafourche water district shall become vested with full power and authority, after having been petitioned by sixty percent of the resident property owners of any such political subdivision, or by a vote of a majority in number and amount of the resident property taxpayers qualified to vote under the constitution and laws of this state who vote at an election held for that purpose in the manner provided by R.S. 39:501 through 39:518, in the discretion of the board of commissioners, to install, construct and equip sewers and sewerage disposal works for the purpose of serving the district.

Added by Acts 1974, No. 440, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:7555 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 7555
Enumerated powers
Status: in_force

In order to accomplish its purpose the board of commissioners of an environmental protection district is hereby authorized to and shall:

Pursuant to its purpose of ensuring the wise development and the preservation of the economic and natural environment of the land areas adjacent to the Mississippi River and zoned as residential by the appropriate governing authority of the parish:

(1) Establish and maintain a master plan for the subdivision, use and development of those lands;

(2) Preserve the natural environment of the lands along the river through the restriction of land usage;

(3) Have the power to cause to be created and constructed playgrounds, picnic grounds, grounds for recreation parks and any and all other facilities to accommodate the public and to provide adequate access to such areas, as may within the opinion of the board of commissioners become necessary, and the district shall have the right of eminent domain and expropriation in the exercise of such power;

(4) To expropriate property in accordance with R.S. 19:1-14; and

(5) Make and promulgate such rules and regulations and conduct such investigations as it deems necessary to pursue its powers, to carry out its purposes and to insure the implementation of its master plan.

Added by Acts 1970, No. 589, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4745 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4745
Sub-fire limits
Status: in_force

Such municipalities may establish sub-fire limits adjacent to and outside of fire limits proper, and make reasonable regulations to govern the sub-fire limits.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:120.9 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 120.9
Powers; duties; functions
Status: in_force

The planning and zoning board shall have the following powers:

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

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

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

(b) In exercising the abovementioned power, to reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or modify the order, requirement, decision, or determination appealed from and to make such order, requirement, decision, or determination as ought to be made, and to that end to have all the powers of the officer from whom the appeal is taken. The concurring vote of a majority of a quorum 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 it is required to pass under any ordinance, or to effect any variation in the ordinance.

(4) To recommend the boundaries of the various original districts as well as the restrictions and regulations to be enforced therein and any supplements, changes, or modifications thereof to the police jury. Before making any recommendation to the police jury, the planning and zoning board shall hold a public hearing. Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be published at least three times in the official journal of the parish or, if there be none, in a paper of general circulation therein, and at least ten days shall elapse between the first publication and date of the hearing. After the hearing has been held by the planning and zoning board, it shall make a report of its findings and recommendations to the police jury. The police jury shall not hold its public hearings or take action until it has received the final report of the planning and zoning board.

Acts 1997, No. 1274, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.618 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.618
Exemption from taxation
Status: in_force

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

Acts 2003, No. 1167, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1327 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1327
Charges for services
Status: in_force

All charges collected for such service extensions shall be reasonable and non-discriminatory.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1335 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1335
Energy Resource Contracts
Status: in_force

Any municipality and/or joint commission created under this Part is hereby authorized to engage with one or more electric public utility companies as defined in R.S. 45:121, in the financing, construction, maintenance, and operation of joint electric power generation and transmission facilities as owners or otherwise. All arrangements and agreements made under the authority of this Section shall be reduced to writing, shall include, among other provisions, the proportionate share of the cost to be borne by the municipality and/or joint commission, and the proportionate share or quantity of the electric power to be acquired by the municipality and/or joint commission. Contracts authorized under this Section are hereinafter referred to as "Energy Resource Contracts" or "Contract" and are authorized for the object and purpose of providing for the efficient and economical operation of electric power services. Title to facilities acquired under a Contract shall vest in the parties to the Energy Resource Contract in the proportion or manner set forth in such Contract. Facilities or interest in facilities acquired by municipality and/or joint commission under the provisions of an Energy Resource Contract shall be acquired in strict compliance with the public contract law of the state of Louisiana (R.S. 38:2211, et seq.). Energy Resource Contracts shall be subject to the approval of the State Bond Commission, and shall have a term not exceeding forty (40) years, except as approved by the State Bond Commission. Energy Resource Contracts entered into under the authority of this Section are declared to be for a public purpose for the economic production and conservation of electric power and energy in the protection of the public health, welfare and safety. Nothwithstanding any other provisions of Louisiana law relative to the right of partition available to owners of property or portions of property, the right of partition shall not be available to any party with respect to any property acquired or held subject to the terms of an Energy Resource Contract; however, an Energy Resource Contract may provide for the sale, lease, or other disposition of property subject thereto on such terms and conditions as may be set forth in the Contract. None of the property or facilities jointly owned, acquired or held, or property and facilities of a participant covered by a Contract shall be subject to expropriation by another party to any Energy Resource Contract entered into hereunder. A municipality and/or a joint commission may become parties to an Energy Resource Contract hereunder by the authority of an ordinance adopted by the governing body of the municipality and/or joint commission in the same manner as are other proceedings of such governing body or bodies. Notice of intention to adopt said ordinance shall be given by the governing body of the municipality and/or joint commission, and shall be published one time in the official journal of the municipality and/or joint commission at least seven days prior to the adoption of the ordinance or resolution.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 597, §1, eff. July 17, 1975.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:321 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 321
Municipalities governed by mayor-board of aldermen form of government
Status: in_force

All municipalities shall be governed by the provisions of this Part except those municipalities governed by a special legislative charter or a home rule charter or plan of government adopted pursuant to Article VI of the Constitution of Louisiana.

Acts 1986, No. 1076, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987; Acts 2010, No. 39, §1, eff. May 26, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4545.20 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4545.20
Refunding bonds
Status: in_force

The Authority is hereby authorized to provide by resolution for the issuance of revenue refunding bonds of the Authority for the purpose of refunding any revenue bonds then outstanding and issued under the provisions of this Chapter, whether or not such outstanding bonds have matured or are then subject to redemption. The Authority is further authorized to provide by resolution for the issuance of a single issue of revenue bonds of the Authority for the combined purposes of (i) paying the cost of any project and (ii) refunding revenue bonds of the Authority which shall theretofore have been issued under the provisions of this Chapter and shall then be outstanding, whether or not such outstanding bonds have matured or are then subject to redemption. The issuance of such bonds, the maturities and other details thereof, the rights and remedies of the holders thereof, and the rights, powers, privileges, duties and obligations of the Authority with respect to the same, shall be governed by the foregoing provisions of this Chapter insofar as the same may be applicable.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 772, §1, eff. July 20, 1979.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3525 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3525
Engineer's report
Status: in_force

The municipality, upon the completion of such work when undertaken by the municipality, shall forthwith require of the engineer of the municipality a duly certified statement or report, showing in detail, the cost of the improvements, including street intersections, engineers' and attorneys' fees, and all other expenses incidental to the cost. The report shall also show the amount of the cost chargeable to each lot or parcel of real estate abutting the improvements in proportion that its frontage bears to all of the abutting lots or parcels of real estate to be improved and shall give a brief description of each parcel or lot of real estate with sufficient clearness to identify it.

Acts 1952, No. 379, §5.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.601 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.601
Definitions
Status: in_force

(1) "Authority" means the economic development authority as created by two or more municipalities.

(2) "Commission" means the board of commissioners of the authority.

(3) "Contract" means the local services agreement and intergovernmental contract.

(4) "Municipality" means any legally incorporated city, town, or village located within the parish of Madison.

(5) Repealed by Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §2, eff. June 12, 2011.

Acts 2001, No. 996, §1; Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §§1, 2, eff. June 12, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4715 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4715
Providing parish court-house and jail
Status: in_force

The police jury of each parish shall provide a good and sufficient court-house, with rooms for jurors, and a good and sufficient jail, at such place as they may deem most convenient for the parish at large, provided that when the seat of justice is established by law, they shall not have power to remove it.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9038.32 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9038.32
Creation of economic development district
Status: in_force

A. A local governmental subdivision may establish, by ordinance, an economic development district pursuant to this Section to carry out the purposes of this Part.

B. The ordinance shall designate the boundaries of the district.

C.(1) Prior to the adoption of the ordinance, a notice describing the boundaries of the proposed district or containing a map showing the boundaries of the district shall be published two times in the official journal of the local governmental subdivision.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, if the governing authority of a municipality proposes to establish, by ordinance, an economic development district whose boundaries include any portion of the unincorporated territory of a parish, then the governing authority of the municipality shall not adopt the ordinance to create any such district without the prior written consent of the governing authority of the parish.

(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, if the governing authority of a parish proposes to establish, by ordinance, an economic development district whose boundaries include any territory located within the corporate limits of a municipality, then the governing authority of the parish shall not adopt the ordinance to create any such district without the prior written consent of the governing authority of the municipality.

D.(1) The governing authority of the district shall be the governing authority of the local governmental subdivision establishing the district.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the Metropolitan Council of the parish of East Baton Rouge and the city of Baton Rouge may elect to establish, by ordinance, a board of commissioners to serve as the governing authority of any district created by such Metropolitan Council. Any such board of commissioners shall consist of not less than three nor more than seven persons who may or may not reside within the district and shall serve the terms, not to exceed six years, as shall be set forth in such ordinance.

E. The district shall be a political subdivision of the state and shall possess such power and authority and have such duties as provided in this Part and other law.

F. The board of commissioners of the Opelousas Downtown Development District may establish by resolution an economic development district or districts wholly within the boundaries of the city of Opelousas, following the procedures set forth in this Section, to carry out the purposes of this Part. The board of commissioners shall be the governing authority of the district or districts and shall have all of the powers and authority granted to economic development districts generally in this Part, including specifically the power to levy taxes in the manner provided by R.S. 33:9038.39.

Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 147, §1, eff. April 23, 2002; Acts 2006, No. 850, §4, eff. July 11, 2006; Acts 2010, No. 391, §1, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2017, No. 326, §1, eff. June 22, 2017; Acts 2024, No. 356, §1, eff. May 28, 2024.

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. § 33:5057 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 5057
Persons entitled to enforce contracts; costs
Status: in_force

The contracts and agreements to be binding and valid shall likewise stipulate and provide that the observance and fulfillment thereof may be enforced and insisted upon by any third persons or parties or public officers or the officers of incorporated municipalities, associations, or public or private corporations, to be designated therein, or either or any of them, by suit or legal action instituted in any court of competent civil jurisdiction, setting forth the breach or violation of the contract, and for the enjoining thereof either by prohibitory or mandatory injunctions or both. There shall be no costs of court or sheriff's fees imposed in such matters, should the presiding judge of the court in which same is brought, certify that such suit confers some benefit to the history and public welfare of the State. Such actions may be likewise brought by the principals to the contracts, for the same purposes, or by either or any of them, with the same exemption as to costs.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:260 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 260
Liquidation of other affairs of municipality
Status: in_force

The governing authority of a municipality dissolved under this Subpart, in office at the time of its dissolution shall liquidate the other affairs of the municipality as speedily as possible and shall continue in office until the final settlement thereof.

Acts 2016, No. 313, §1, eff. June 2, 2016.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:423.11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 423.11
City of Winnfield; disciplinary action by chief of police
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in and for the city of Winnfield, the chief of police may take whatever steps are necessary to effect disciplinary action concerning police personnel, including but not limited to suspension for not longer than three days. Any such disciplinary action shall be taken without regard to race, creed, or color.

Acts 1999, No. 1306, §1; Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3990 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3990
Sale and delivery of certificates; use of proceeds
Status: in_force

The certificates may be advertised for sale on sealed bids once a week for three consecutive weeks in the official journal of the sewerage district provided, however, the governing authority may reject any and all bids. If no bids are received or if all bids are rejected, the certificates may be sold by private sale within sixty days after the date advertised for the reception of sealed bids at a price not less than the best bid which shall have been received, or the sewerage district may contract to deliver the certificates to the contractor as hereinafter provided at a price not less than the best bid received at the advertised sale. The governing authority of the sewerage district issuing the certificates, may, by resolution, authorize the chief executive officer, and the clerk or secretary to negotiate and deliver the certificates and collect the purchase price therefor and do any and all things necessary and incidental thereto, or authorize the delivery to the contractor of all or any of the certificates in payment of their contractual obligation covering the improvements. The funds derived from the sale of the certificates shall be expended solely in payment of the costs of the improvements, and shall not be drawn upon for any other purpose.

Added by Acts 1950, No. 462, §10. Amended by Acts 1958, No. 395, §7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:447.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 447.2
Mayor's court; certain municipalities; additional court costs
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the mayors of the municipalities of Benton, Blanchard, Brusly, Delcambre, Erath, Golden Meadow, Greenwood, Jean Lafitte, Kinder, Oak Grove, Port Barre, Richwood, Simmesport, and White Castle may also impose additional court costs not to exceed twenty dollars for each offense, as defined by ordinance, on any defendant convicted of a violation of a municipal ordinance.

Acts 1999, No. 313, §1, eff. June 16, 1999; Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1654 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1654
Duties
Status: in_force

The parish treasurer shall receive the money of the parish, disburse the same agreeably to law, and take receipts therefor. He shall keep regular accounts of all receipts and expenditures, and of all debts due to or from the parish, and direct prosecutions ordered by the police jury, for all debts due the parish.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3966 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3966
Plans and specifications; advertisement for bids; publication
Status: in_force

The governing authority of such district or sub-district, after having given notice of its intention as above set forth and after having decided to order the construction of such improvement, may without further delay have the necessary plans and specifications for said work prepared and adopt a resolution or ordinance authorizing the advertisement for bids therefor by the giving of notice calling for sealed bids for the construction of said work, such notice to be signed by the governing authority and approved by the governing authority of the municipality in which said district or sub-district is located and shall be published for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper in the district or sub-district, and if there be none published therein, then in some newspaper of general circulation in the parish wherein the district or sub-district is located. Such notice shall contain a general description of the work contemplated, which refers to the plans and specifications which shall be placed on file with the clerk or secretary of the said governing authority of the municipality in which said sewerage district or sub-district is located, and shall designate the hour, date and place for the reception and opening of bids and may provide that the contractor be required to accept the indebtedness of the property owners within the district flowing from the lien hereinafter provided for or the notes issued by said property owners as hereinafter provided for, or the municipality may issue its own notes payable solely by pledge of the funds derived from the square foot assessment notes of the property owners and the monthly sewerage charges hereinafter provided for, or either of them.

Acts 1950, Ex.Sess., No. 6, §6.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:120.11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 120.11
Violation; remedy; penalties
Status: in_force

A. If any building or structure is erected, structurally altered, or maintained or any building, structure, or land is used in violation of any ordinance or regulation made under the authority conferred by this Subpart, the proper authorities of the parish, in addition to other remedies, may institute any appropriate action or proceedings:

(1) To prevent such unlawful erection, structural alteration, maintenance, or use.

(2) To restrain, correct, or abate such violation.

(3) To prevent any illegal act, conduct, business, or use in or about such premise.

B. The regulations shall be enforced by the director of planning and development of Calcasieu Parish who may issue permits and cause any building, structure, place, or premises to be inspected and examined and who may order in writing the remedying of any condition found to exist therein in violation of any provision of the regulations made under the authority of this Subpart.

C. The owner or general agent of a building or premise where a violation of any regulation has been committed or exists; or the lessee or tenant of an entire building or entire premise where the violation has been committed or exists; or the owner, general agent, lessee, or tenant of any part of the building or premise in which the violation has been committed or exists; or the general agent, architect, building contractor, or any other person who commits, takes part in, or assists in any violation or maintains any building or premise in which any violation exists shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars and not more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more than thirty days for each day that the violation continues.

Acts 1997, No. 1274, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3815 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3815
Powers of waterworks districts
Status: in_force

A. Any waterworks district thus created and named or numbered by a police jury shall constitute a body corporate in law, with all the powers of a corporation, and all powers necessary for it to carry out the objects for which it was created. The waterworks district may expropriate property for any purpose that it may find necessary in the operation of its waterworks system, and may acquire by donation or purchase any existing waterworks system in the district. Waterworks districts may dig and excavate the roads, streets, sidewalks, and alleys in the district for the purpose of laying pipeline or water mains. It may acquire any and all machinery necessary for the purpose of affecting the object for which it is formed and shall own all sites which are acquired either by donation, purchase, expropriation, exchange, or otherwise in full ownership.

B. Waterworks districts may cooperate with other waterworks districts within their respective parishes, or with private individuals, associations, corporations, or municipalities.

C. This Section shall not apply to any waterworks district created under Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 which owns property in an adjoining parish or parishes, except St. Tammany, Livingston, Washington, and Tangipahoa Parishes.

Acts 1991, No. 386, §1, eff. July 8, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4647 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4647
Payment of expenses
Status: in_force

The expenses and costs of maintenance of any parish or other memorial, including the salaries of employees, shall be paid monthly by the governing authority of the parish upon the approval of the board of control, out of the funds specially collected by taxes duly budgeted, or otherwise collected, for the support and maintenance of the memorial.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.801 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.801
Creation; purpose; boundaries
Status: in_force

A.(1) The governing authority of Lincoln Parish may create and establish a body politic and corporate entity for the purpose of the development and application of geographic information systems, including but not limited to base data regarding property ownership, population, demographics, political boundaries, emergency service areas, land use, streets, addresses, roads, bridges, utilities, easements, servitudes, rights-of-way, topography, subdivisions, flood plains, and subdivision restrictions.

(2) If created and established pursuant to this Section, the district shall be a political subdivision of the state of Louisiana, as defined in Article VI, Section 44 of the Constitution of Louisiana, and shall be known as the Lincoln Parish Geographic Information System District, referred to in this Subpart as the "district''.

(3) The district may also assist with homeland security and emergency preparedness as well as the technical aspects and support of the various computer systems of political subdivisions and other public entities within Lincoln Parish, including but not limited to advice and support on any hardware, software, networking, or other such information technology issues.

(4) No other provision of this Subpart shall be effective or operative unless the district is created and established by the Lincoln Parish Police Jury pursuant to this Section.

B. The boundaries of the district shall be coterminous with the boundaries of Lincoln Parish.

Acts 2009, No. 69, §1, eff. June 16, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:8061 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 8061
Creation of district; boundaries; purpose
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created 1 the South Central Louisiana Solid Waste District, hereinafter referred to as the "district". The district may be composed of all territory within the geographic limits of the parishes of Assumption, Lafourche, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Mary, and Terrebonne and may include all territory within any municipality within these parishes at the request of the governing authority of such municipality. A minimum of two parishes shall be required to participate in order to create the district 1 . Notwithstanding any laws to the contrary, other parishes shall be allowed to dispose of their waste within the district with the approval of a majority of the board of commissioners of the district.

B. The purpose of the district is to provide solid waste management in the participating parishes and municipalities, including but not limited to the collection, transportation, disposal, and recycling of solid waste and control over any other waste reduction programs. The operation and management of any landfill or other facility created, established, or utilized by the South Central Louisiana Solid Waste District pursuant to this Chapter shall be subject to the provisions of R.S. 30:2001 et seq.

C. Notwithstanding any laws to the contrary, this Chapter shall not impair the obligations, validity, or effect of any contract or contracts between any parish or municipality, or any combination thereof, with any person or persons providing solid waste management, including but not limited to collection, transportation, disposal, recycling of solid waste and waste reduction, that is in existence or effect on July 9, 1999, or on the effective date such parish or municipality is included in the district.

Acts 1999, No. 982, §1, eff. July 9, 1999.

1 As appears in enrolled bill.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.80 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2740.80
Revenue; assessments; ad valorem
Status: in_force

A. Subject to the approval of the governing authority of the municipality or parish and district electors as provided in Subsection C of this Section, the district may levy an ad valorem tax for such number of years as may be provided in the proposition authorizing its levy as an assessment for the purpose of carrying out the purposes contemplated by the redevelopment plan and for the operating expenses of the district.

B. Any ad valorem tax levied by the district, including taxes levied under Subsection A of this Section shall be subject to homestead exemption as provided by Article VII, Section 20 of the Constitution of Louisiana.

C. No ad valorem tax may be levied under the provisions of Subsection A of this Section unless authorized by a majority of the electors within the boundaries of the district as provided for in R.S. 33:2740.73 of this Subpart who vote at an election held for that purpose in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Louisiana Election Code. The governing authority of the municipality or parish shall call any such election.

D. Any tax levied under authority of the Section shall be in addition to all other taxes which other political subdivisions in the municipality or parish nor or hereafter may be authorized by law to levy and collect. All services and programs to be provided from the proceeds of the tax shall be in addition to the services and programs which are otherwise provided by other governing authorities.

Acts 2003, No. 904, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4159.10 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4159.10
Public sewage and water drainage disposal and treatment facilities; privatization; specific authorization procedures; city of New Orleans
Status: in_force

A. Definition. For the purpose of this Part, "privatization" shall mean the sale or divesture of any asset having an aggregate value in excess of five million dollars of any public sewerage and water board, drainage, disposal or treatment facility by any municipality to a nonpublic entity. It shall also mean transferral to a nonpublic entity of the obligation to operate, maintain and/or manage the facility, or any portion thereof, for the benefit and on behalf of the municipality.

B. Procedures. Prior to entering into any contracts or agreements relative to the ownership, operation, or maintenance of any sewerage and water board sewage or water disposal or treatment facility with a nonpublic entity in the city of New Orleans the following procedures shall occur:

(1) The public sewerage and water board shall submit a detailed written report to the Senate Local and Municipal Affairs Committee and the House Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs listing the specifics of the proposed agreement, contract, or plan. Each committee may request a hearing to discuss the proposed agreement, contract, or plan.

(2) The public sewerage and water board shall hold citywide hearings on the proposed agreement, contract or plan.

(3) Upon approval of the proposed agreement, contract or plan the Public Sewage and Water Board shall call an election for the purpose of seeking voter approval of the proposed agreement, contract or plan. The proposed agreement, contract or plan shall be executed only after having been approved by a majority of the registered voters of the municipality, voting at an election held for that purpose in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code.

Acts 2003, No. 768, §1, eff. June 27, 2003; Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4731 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4731
Regulating building construction and limiting business areas in municipalities of over 50,000
Status: in_force

The governing authority of municipalities of more than fifty thousand inhabitants may by ordinance define and regulate the kind, style, and manner of construction of buildings and other edifices which may be erected on certain designated streets and thoroughfares and may permit or prohibit the establishment and operation of businesses and trades within designated limits.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4086 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4086
Board members not to be interested in contracts
Status: in_force

No member of the board shall borrow money from any contractor or shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract, or in the losses or profits of any contract for labor, supplies, material or construction made by the board, nor for six months after the termination of his connection with the board, under the penalty of dismissal from the board and the absolute nullity of the contract. No member, officer, or employee of the board shall be surety for any contractor. In case any member of the board is a director or stockholder in any corporation, or is agent for any person, who is financially interested in any subject before the board, he shall not at any meeting of the board or of any of its committees, discuss or vote on the subject.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3723 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3723
Servitude over lands abutting street for street widening purposes; rights of abutting owners
Status: in_force

Upon the passage of the ordinance the municipality shall be held to have taken a servitude of passage over all lands abutting the part or of the street to which the building line ordinance is applied, and the owners of these lands shall thereupon be entitled to all the benefits accruing to owners of lands or other property taken by the public for public use, under the laws of eminent domain. The ordinance shall also set a date, not later than twenty-five years after the passage of the ordinance, on which the municipality shall widen the street to the line established. Between the time of the passage of the ordinance and the time fixed for widening the street, the owners of the land over which the municipality has acquired the servitude may make any use of the land not inconsistent with the right of the municipality under its servitude, or inconsistent with the provisions of this Sub-part, including the right to maintain upon the land any building, structure, or appurtenances existing thereon at the time of the passage of the ordinance.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1976 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1976
Naming of central fire station; city of Shreveport
Status: in_force

The governing authority of the city of Shreveport may name the central fire station in honor of a former fire chief who meets the following criteria:

(1) He served in the fire department for more than forty-five years and as fire chief for more than twenty-five years.

(2) His service as chief ended prior to 1995.

Acts 2003, No. 710, §1, eff. June 27, 2003; Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.73 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.73
Powers of district
Status: in_force

A. The district, acting by and through its board of commissioners, 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 Subpart:

(1) To sue and be sued.

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

(3) To acquire by gift, grant, expropriation, purchase, or otherwise all property, including rights-of-way, 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 a railroad.

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

(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 evidences of indebtedness and to levy and cause to be collected ad valorem taxes as provided in this Subpart and as may be provided by general law.

(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.

Acts 2004, No. 435, §1, eff. June 24, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:196 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 196
Affected municipalities to hold elections within six months
Status: in_force

It shall not be necessary that the consolidation elections in each of the municipalities affected be held at the same time; but no consolidation election shall be effective unless the municipalities affected have voted on the question within six months from the date of the first such election.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.50.31 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.50.31
Non-conforming uses
Status: in_force

A. The lawful use of a building or premises exactly as such use existed at the time of the enactment of any regulation affecting it may be continued although such use does not conform with the provisions of such regulation. The town council or the police jury, as appropriate, may provide for the termination of non-conforming uses either by specifying the period or periods within which they shall be required to cease or by providing a formula or formulas whereby the compulsory termination of a non-conforming use shall be so fixed as to allow a reasonable period for the recovery or amortization of the investment in the non-conformance or with adequate compensation by a court of competent jurisdiction.

B. The town council or the police jury, as appropriate, may in its discretion provide by ordinance for the resumption, restoration, reconstruction, extension, or substitution of non-conforming uses upon such terms and conditions as may be set forth in the ordinance.

Acts 2019, No. 75, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.543 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.543
Powers of district
Status: in_force

NOTE: R.S. 33:130.543 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, acting by and through its board of commissioners 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 Subpart:

(1) To sue and be sued.

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

(3) To acquire by gift, grant, expropriation, purchase, or otherwise, all property, including rights of way; to hold and use any franchise or property, immovable, movable, 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, ports, harbors, terminals, and aviation facilities.

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

(5) In its own name and on its behalf 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 rental charges by the district for its facilities and services rendered by it.

(8) To plan, develop, operate, and maintain planned land uses relative to the district, including but not limited to aviation, warehousing, transportation, offices, the acquisition of land and improvements, and the construction, operation, and maintenance of facilities, improvements, and infrastructure, including buildings, runways, roads, bridges, drainage, and utilities.

(9) To perform any other functions and duties necessary to accomplish the object and purpose of the district.

Acts 1995, No. 986, §1; Acts 2001, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 2, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.211 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.211
Ad valorem tax authorization
Status: in_force

A. Subject to the provisions of R.S. 33:130.205, the district may levy and cause to be collected an ad valorem tax within the boundaries of the district for such purposes and at such rate as provided by the proposition authorizing its levy, provided the proposition is approved by a majority of the qualified electors of the district voting at an election held for that purpose.

B. Such an election shall be conducted in accordance with the provision of the Louisiana Election Code and at the time another election is being conducted throughout the state.

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

Acts 1994, No. 12, §1, eff. July 1, 1994; Acts 2003, No. 1179, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:441.11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 441.11
Town of Iowa; appointment of court magistrate; duties; salary
Status: in_force

The board of aldermen of the town of Iowa may 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. 544, §1; Acts 1980, No. 620, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.50.18 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.50.18
Procedure on subdivision plats; appeals
Status: in_force

A.(1) The secretary of the commission or his deputy shall issue a receipt showing the date, time, and sufficient description to identify any plat submitted to it for approval.

(2) The commission shall approve or disapprove the plat within sixty days thereof, otherwise the plat shall be deemed to be approved and a certificate to that effect shall be issued by the commission on demand; however, the applicant for commission approval may waive this requirement and consent to the extension of such period.

(3) The ground of disapproval of any plat shall be stated upon the records of the commission, with the recorded vote of each member included in the records.

(4) No plat shall be disapproved by the commission without affording a hearing thereon.

B. Any applicant or other person may appeal commission approval or disapproval of a subdivision plat to the town council or the police jury, as the case may be, under such procedures and provisions as shall be established in the subdivision regulations.

Acts 2019, No. 75, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:441.25 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 441.25
Town of Jena; appointment of court magistrate; duties; salary
Status: in_force

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

Added by Acts 1981, No. 152, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2740.7
Livingston Parish Law Enforcement District; sales tax levy authorized
Status: in_force

A. The Livingston Parish Law Enforcement District is hereby authorized to levy a sales and use tax not exceeding one-quarter of one percent within the unincorporated areas of Livingston Parish.

B.(1) The sales tax so levied shall be imposed by an ordinance of the governing authority of the Livingston Parish Law Enforcement District and approved by a majority of electors voting in an election held for that purpose.

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

C. This tax shall be in addition to all other taxes, and except where inapplicable, the procedure established by R.S. 47:301 through 47:317 inclusive shall be followed in the imposition, collection, and enforcement of the tax and procedural details necessary to be established to supplement the provisions of those Sections, and to make said provisions applicable to the tax herein authorized, shall be fixed in the ordinance of the governing authority of the district imposing the tax. The ordinance may allow the District to contract with the sheriff of the parish or the state Department of Revenue for collection of the tax.

D. The proceeds of such tax shall be used for operating and maintaining the parish prison and providing for the payment of other costs of law enforcement in the parish.

Acts 1984, No. 184, §1; Acts 1997, No. 658, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2211 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2211
Applicability; definition of "employee of police department"
Status: in_force

A.(1) Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection and as otherwise specified in R.S. 33:2212.1, provisions of this Subpart shall apply to municipalities having a population of not less than twelve thousand nor more than two hundred fifty thousand.

(2)(a) R.S. 33:2214 shall not apply to the city of Westwego.

(b) The provisions of this Subpart, including R.S. 33:2212.1, shall not apply to the city of Mandeville.

B. The term "employee of a police department" as used in this Subpart shall include all persons employed or engaged full time and paid by the municipalities affected by this Subpart, for the enforcement of laws and ordinances and the general preservation of the public peace and order, including jailers and radio operators not otherwise classified, but shall not include or mean pound keepers, dog catchers, janitors, porters, elevator operators, chefs, kitchen helpers and workers, mechanics and mechanical helpers, special guards, physicians, carpenters, sign painters, any part-time or temporary employee, or any other employment of such special nature.

Acts 1986, No. 671, §1; Acts 2014, No. 77, §1.

NOTE: See Acts 2014, No. 77, §2 regarding retroactive effect of Subsection A as amended by the Act.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2953 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2953
Election to ratify ordinance
Status: in_force

No ordinance provided for in R.S. 33:2951 and R.S. 33:2952 shall take effect until it has been approved by a majority of the voters on whose property the tax is proposed to be levied, at an election to be held specially for that purpose. The police jury or municipal corporation shall prescribe the manner of holding the election, and shall cause to be furnished to the commissioners a certified list of the authorized voters. The election shall be preceded by a notice for thirty days, published in one or more newspapers in the parish or municipal corporation. If the ordinance is rejected by a majority of the voters, it may be resubmitted for reapproval at any subsequent period, at intervals of not less than six months.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3556 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3556
Acceptance of work; assessment and lien
Status: in_force

Upon final and satisfactory completion of the work, the governing authority shall accept it by ordinance, or resolution, and shall assess, all abutting real estate, railroad tracks and roadbeds in the amount due by the owners thereof, according to rules of apportionments adopted, under this Sub-part. A copy of the ordinance containing the assessment, certified by the clerk, shall, within thirty days after its passage, be filed for record in the office of the recorder of mortgages of the parish, and, when so filed, and recorded, it shall operate as a lien and privilege in favor of the municipality or its transferees against the property assessed.

Amended by Acts 1954, No. 657, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:8047 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 8047
Officers of the commission
Status: in_force

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

B. The commission shall elect a treasurer, who shall also serve as secretary. In addition to the compensation authorized in R.S. 33:8044, the secretary-treasurer may receive a salary as fixed by the police juries of the member parishes. The secretary-treasurer shall not be considered as holding an office for profit. The secretary-treasurer shall furnish bond in such amount and in the manner now provided by law for the faithful accounting of all funds entrusted to him for the account of the district.

C. The commission shall maintain an office at a site fixed by the police juries of the member parishes and shall keep the office open during business hours for the purpose of transacting the business of the district and for the convenience of the taxpayers thereof.

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

Acts 1990, No. 781, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4780.30 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4780.30
Amendment or cancellation; notice of intent
Status: in_force

A development agreement may be amended or cancelled in whole or in part by mutual consent of the parties to the agreement or their successors in interest. Notice of intention to amend or cancel any portion of the agreement shall be given in the manner provided by R.S. 33:4780.28. An amendment to an agreement shall be subject to the provisions of R.S. 33:4780.29.

Acts 1988, No. 505, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.359 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.359
Exemption from taxation
Status: in_force

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

Acts 1991, No. 142, §1, eff. June 30, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3887.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3887.6
Tangipahoa Parish Sewerage District No. 1; supervising board; per diem
Status: in_force

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

Acts 2012, No. 62, §1, eff. July 1, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1239 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1239
Reporting licenses to auditor
Status: in_force

Police juries shall report to the auditor, through their respective presidents, by the fifteenth day of April of each year, a complete list of the names and business of persons paying licenses, the amount of each license, and date of payment as reported by the tax collector.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9039.26 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9039.26
Exemption from taxes
Status: in_force

It is hereby determined that the creation of the district and the carrying out of its public functions and corporate purposes is, in all respects, a public and governmental purpose for the benefit of the people of the state, and for the improvement of their health, safety, welfare, prosperity, and security, and that said functions and purposes are public purposes and that the district will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it by this Chapter. All obligations authorized to be issued by the district pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter, together with interest thereof, income therefrom, and gain upon the sale thereof shall be exempt from all state and local taxes.

Acts 2001, No. 992, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4170 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4170
Agreements with private utility companies
Status: in_force

Any one or more municipalities owning and operating a revenue producing electrical utility as defined in R.S. 33:4161 of this Part, is hereby authorized to engage with one or more electric public utility companies as defined in R.S. 45:121, or with any one or more other municipalities owning and operating a revenue producing electrical utility, as aforesaid, or with a Rural Electric Association Cooperative on intrastate or interstate basis, in the financing, construction, maintenance, and operation of joint electric power generation and transmission facilities as owners or otherwise. All arrangements and agreements made under the authority of this Section shall be reduced to writing, and shall include, among other provisions, the proportionate share of the cost to be borne by the municipality. Any municipality and/or the electric public utility company or companies may construct or acquire the jointly owned facilities by negotiated contract without public advertisement or other limitations of the public contract law or other laws and title to such facilities shall vest in the parties to the written agreement in the proportion or manner set forth in such agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision of Louisiana law relative to the right of partition available to owners of property or portions of property, the right of partition shall not be available to any party with respect to any property acquired or held subject to the terms of said agreement; however, the agreement may provide for the sale, lease or other disposition of such property on such terms and conditions as may be set forth in the agreement. None of the property or facilities jointly owned, acquired or held, or property and facilities of a participant covered by the agreement shall be subject to expropriation by a party to the agreement or another party to any agreement entered into hereunder. The agreement shall be authorized by ordinance adopted by the governing body of the municipality or municipalities which are a party to the agreement and the ordinance shall be published in the official journal of the municipality, in the same manner as are other proceedings of the governing body. Notice of intention to adopt said ordinance shall be given by the governing body of the municipality, and shall be published one time in the official journal of the municipality at least seven days prior to the adoption of the ordinance.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 425, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.168 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.168
Enforcement of regulation; penalty
Status: in_force

A. In case any building or structure is erected, structurally altered, or maintained, or any building, structure, or land is used in violation of this Subpart or of any ordinance or regulation made under authority conferred hereby, the proper authorities of the parish, in addition to other remedies, may substitute any appropriate action or proceedings to prevent such unlawful erection, structural alteration, maintenance, or use, to retrain, correct, or abate such violation in order to prevent any illegal act, conduct, business, or use in or about such premises.

B. The regulations shall be enforced by the officers authorized to issue building permits, who is empowered to cause any building, structure, place, or premises to be inspected and examined, and to order in writing the remedying of any condition found to exist therein in violation of any provision of the regulations made under the authority of this Subpart.

C. The owner or general agent of a building or premises where a violation of any regulation has been committed or exists, or the lessee or tenant of any entire building or entire premises where the violation has been committed or exists, or the owner, general agent, lessee, or tenant of any part of the building or premises in which the violation has been committed or exists, or the general agent, architect, building contractor, or any other person who commits, takes part, or assists in any violation or who maintains any building or premises in which any violation exists shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than ten dollars and not more than twenty-five dollars or be imprisoned for not more than thirty days for each day that the violation continues.

Acts 1989, No. 691, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2569 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2569
Assistant police chief; city of Westwego
Status: in_force

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

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

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

Acts 2004, No. 273, §1; Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011; Acts 2022, No. 704, §1, eff. June 18, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9501 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9501
Creation; authority of police jury
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governing authority of St. Tammany Parish may create one or more animal control districts within St. Tammany Parish. The governing authority may alter the boundaries of any animal control district, provided that no such boundary change shall cause an impairment of the obligations of any contract of any animal control district.

Acts 1993, No. 816, §1, eff. June 22, 1993.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:142 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 142
Police jury to arrange for special election; appointment of commissioners and clerk
Status: in_force

All qualified electors in the two parishes may vote at the special election. The police juries of the respective parishes shall appoint for each polling place three commissioners and one clerk of election (all of whom shall be registered voters); designate the polling places; and provide the ballot boxes, ballots and necessary blanks for tally sheets.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:7832 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 7832
Board of commissioners to govern; membership
Status: in_force

A. The commission shall be governed by a board of commissioners to be known as the "Board of Commissioners of the (with the parish name inserted) Parish Water and Sewer Commission" (the "Board"). The board shall be composed of not less than five, nor more than seven members and shall elect its officers which shall include a president, vice president(s), and secretary-treasurer. The secretary-treasurer may be, but shall not be required to be, a member of the board. All other officers shall be members of the board.

B. Members of the board shall be appointed by the governing authority of the parish, provided, however, that the initial board members shall be appointed from the current membership of the waterworks boards and/or sewer boards affected by the creation of the commission, provided, however, that each such board shall have at least one member appointed from its current membership.

Acts 1988, No. 259, §1, eff. July 7, 1988.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4712.25 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4712.25
Naming of Kenner council on aging building
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding R.S. 42:267 or any other law to the contrary, the governing authority of the city of Kenner may name the Kenner council on aging building in honor of Mable Trepagnier Brown.

Acts 2022, No. 327, §1, eff. June 10, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4160.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4160.7
Certificates of indebtedness
Status: in_force

The governing authority of any such municipality or parish complying with the provisions of this Chapter, shall have the power and is hereby authorized to issue, execute, negotiate, sell, and deliver negotiable interest-bearing coupon certificates of the municipality or parish in an amount not exceeding the total amount of the installments or deferred payments as provided for in R.S. 33:3986, said certificates to bear interest at a rate or rates as may be payable annually, and to mature serially over a period not exceeding twenty years, but in no event shall said certificates extend over a longer period of time than that provided for by the ordinance levying the local or special assessments which may be payable in annual installments. Said certificates shall be of such form, date, denomination, and payable in principal and interest at such time and place as the governing authority may determine, and such certificates shall be secured by and payable in principal and interest from the irrevocable pledge and dedication of the funds to be derived from the special assessments hereinabove provided, which are payable in annual installments or deferred payments as provided for by this Chapter, which funds shall be set aside in a separate trust fund and shall not be drawn upon for any purpose other than to pay the principal and interest of said certificates.

Acts 1990, No. 782, §1, eff. July 24, 1990.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.253 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.253
Officers; meetings; quorum; rules; report
Status: in_force

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

B. The board shall meet in regular session once each month and shall also meet in special session as often as the president of the board convenes them or on the written request of four members. Five members of the board shall constitute a quorum.

C.(1) The board shall prescribe rules to govern its meetings, except that the president shall not be required to vote except in case of a tie vote.

(2) The board shall maintain suitable offices in the parish of Terrebonne.

D. The board shall submit annually to the governing authority of the parish of Terrebonne, within one hundred twenty days following the end of each calendar year, a report in triplicate of its activities, together with a financial report disclosing all receipts and disbursements of the authority.

Acts 1989, No. 2, §1, eff. June 1, 1989; Acts 2004, No. 622, §1, eff. July 1, 2004; Acts 2015, No. 191, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1420.12 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1420.12
District status; taxing authority; procedures
Status: in_force

A. Any district or subdistrict governed by the provisions of this Part shall be a political subdivision of the state. Pursuant to and in accordance with the Constitution of Louisiana, any such district or subdistrict may levy taxes and incur debt and issue bonds. However, except as otherwise provided by law, no such district or subdistrict shall levy or increase any tax until such tax or tax increase has been approved by a majority of the qualified electors of the district or subdistrict voting in an election held for such purpose, or a greater percentage of the qualified electors, at the discretion of the governing authority. Any such district may call an election for the purpose of voter approval of any authorized tax or incurring any authorized debt.

B.(1) A tax or tax increase levied pursuant to this Section may either be at a flat rate or as an ad valorem millage. For the purposes of this Section, a flat rate tax shall be one imposed as a fixed sum on each parcel or portion of ground or a class of property without regard to its value. The governing authority of the district may define "parcel" and "class" in the ordinance levying or increasing the flat rate tax.

(2) Any tax proposition submitted to the voters pursuant to this Part shall state the purpose and duration of the tax and the rate of a proposed ad valorem tax or the amount of a proposed flat rate tax.

Acts 1999, No. 880, §1, eff. July 2, 1999; Acts 2001, No. 382, §1, eff. June 13, 2001.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:7576 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 7576
Beachfront development districts; ad valorem tax; user fees
Status: in_force

A. Subject to the approval of the electors of the district as herein provided, the board of commissioners of any such district may levy and collect annually an ad valorem tax under the authority of Article VI, Section 30 of the Constitution of Louisiana. 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 shall be used for the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of facilities or other public improvements related to the purposes for which such district was created. Such tax may be levied after approval by the favorable vote of a majority of the electors of the district voting on the proposition in an election held for the purpose.

B. The board of commissioners of the district may fix, maintain, collect, and revise rates, charges, and rentals for the equipment and facilities of the district and the services rendered thereby.

Acts 1992, No. 59, §1.