La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4050.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4050.1
Condemnation, removal, and maintenance of sewerage systems; liens; Calcasieu Parish
Status: in_force

A.(1) The governing authority of the parish of Calcasieu is authorized to enact ordinances and adopt rules and regulations in order to condemn and cause to be demolished, removed, or both, or otherwise cause to be rendered inoperable any community or individual sewerage system, or parts thereof, situated within the parish which by reason of its nature or condition endangers the public welfare or safety.

(2) The governing authority of the parish may also enact ordinances and adopt rules and regulations providing for the maintenance of such sewerage systems in a sanitary condition.

(3)(a) Prior to the enactment of any ordinance or the adoption of any rule or regulation pursuant to the provisions of this Subsection, the governing authority of the parish shall establish a Citizens Wastewater Advisory Panel. The panel shall convene in conjunction with the parish governing authority's Wastewater Study Committee for the purpose of soliciting citizen input and providing advice and recommendations to the committee relative to the promulgation of ordinances, rules, and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this Section.

(b)(i) The Citizens Wastewater Advisory Panel shall consist of seven members appointed from the unincorporated area of the parish of Calcasieu by the governing authority of the parish. At least one member of the panel shall be a minority individual.

(ii) Members shall serve without compensation.

(c) The governing authority of the parish of Calcasieu shall provide reasonable resources to the panel to assist the members in carrying out the responsibilities of the panel.

(d) The Citizens Wastewater Advisory Panel shall cease to exist upon the enactment of any ordinance or the adoption of any rule or regulation pursuant to the provisions of this Subsection.

B.(1) The governing authority of the parish may replace or require a property owner to replace any system, or parts thereof, demolished, removed, or otherwise rendered inoperable pursuant to Subsection A of this Section.

(2) The governing authority of the parish may also repair or require a property owner to repair any system not being maintained in a sanitary condition, provided the homeowner is given thirty days to make the repair prior to the governing authority taking such action.

(3) All costs incurred by the governing authority of the parish pursuant to the provisions of this Section may be charged to the property owner.

C. The governing authority of the parish is authorized to adopt ordinances providing for fines for the failure of any property owner to comply with ordinances enacted pursuant to this Section.

D.(1) Ordinances enacted pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall include a provision for notification of the owner or any other party in interest and an opportunity to be heard.

(2) Ordinances enacted pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall authorize the governing authority of the parish and any person acting on behalf of the governing authority to enter, examine, and inspect all grounds and places related to sewerage systems only, but not within any structures or buildings, while acting pursuant to the powers granted by the provisions of this Section.

E.(1) No ordinance enacted pursuant to the provisions of Subsection A of this Section shall be implemented without prior written approval of the Louisiana Department of Health, office of public health.

(2) In addition to the authority of the parish of Calcasieu granted by, and any action taken by the parish pursuant to, the provisions of this Section, the right of the Louisiana Department of Health, office of public health, through the state health officer, to enforce the provisions of the Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 51, the Public Health-Sanitary Code, pursuant to R.S. 40:6, and any other related public health law, is reserved.

F.(1) Upon failure of a property owner to pay any fine levied as provided by ordinance or any costs incurred by the parish of Calcasieu charged to such property owner pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the governing authority of the parish may file a certified copy of the order levying a fine or fines or a copy of an invoice reflecting the amount of such costs with the recorder of mortgages, and the same, when so filed and recorded, shall operate as a lien and privilege in favor of the parish against the property.

(2) In addition, the ordinances of the parish may provide for interest on costs incurred by the parish, which shall be paid prior to cancellation of the lien. The rate of interest shall not exceed the rate of legal interest, as provided in R.S. 9:3500, and shall be computed from the date of recordation of the lien until paid or enforced.

(3) The lien obtained by the parish pursuant to this Subsection shall include not only the costs provided for in this Section but shall include all attorney fees and all costs incurred in the locating of the owner, notification of the owner, and the enforcement and collection of the amount secured by the lien.

(4) The parish's privilege and lien shall prime all other liens or privileges against the property filed after the notice to the owner is filed with the recorder of mortgages pursuant to this Section, regardless of the date on which the parish's lien and privilege is perfected, except that the parish's lien and privilege shall not prime other tax liens against the property.

G.(1) After the parish has levied such fine or fines or incurred such costs as constitute the lien and privilege on the property, the director of finance or equivalent officer may add such amounts to the next ad valorem tax bill of the owner, and the amount shall be subject to the same interest and penalties as delinquent ad valorem taxes.

(2) When such amounts are added to an ad valorem tax bill, the sheriff effecting collection shall be reimbursed by the governing authority for an amount equal to fifteen percent of the amount of such charges actually collected from the property owner. The collection charge shall be in addition to such charges and shall also be added to the ad valorem tax bill of the property involved.

(3) The parish shall be the sole and proper defendant in any action authorized by law to contest the addition of such charges to the ad valorem tax bill of the property involved.

(4) The privilege and lien may be enforced in the district court pursuant to the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure and may be enforced either against the subject property or against the owner personally by ordinary process and subsequent seizure and sale or garnishment of other movable or immovable property of the owner pursuant to the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure.

(5) The amount of any parish lien operating against the property and any interest accruing thereon may be canceled in whole or in part by the governing authority of the parish in order to facilitate the sale or disposition of the property for the unpaid lien.

Acts 2005, No. 445, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9097.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9097.5
Greenwood Crime Prevention and Improvement District
Status: in_force

A. Creation. There is hereby created within the parish of East Baton Rouge, as more specifically provided in Subsection B of this Section, a body politic and corporate which shall be known as the Greenwood Crime Prevention and Improvement District, hereafter in this Section referred to as the "district". The district shall be a political subdivision of the state as defined in the Constitution of Louisiana. The purposes of the district shall be to aid in crime prevention by providing security for district residents and to serve the needs of the residents of the district by funding beautification and improvements for the overall betterment of the district.

B. Boundaries. The boundaries of the district are coterminous with the boundaries of Greenwood Subdivision as established in the official subdivision plat filed with the clerk of court for East Baton Rouge Parish.

C. Board. (1) The district shall be governed by a board of commissioners consisting of seven members as follows:

(a) The president of the Greenwood Civic Association, or its successor.

(b) Two members appointed by the board of directors of the Greenwood Civic Association, or its successor.

(c) One member appointed by the member or members of the Louisiana House of Representatives who represent the area which comprises the district.

(d) One member appointed by the member or members of the Louisiana Senate who represent the area which comprises the district.

(e) One member appointed by the member or members of the East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council who represent the area which comprises the district.

(f) One member appointed by the mayor-president of Baton Rouge.

(2) All members of the board shall own immovable property within the district.

(3) All members of the board shall serve without compensation but may receive reimbursement for approved expenses directly related to the governance of the district.

(4) The domicile of the board shall be within the district.

(5) The board is authorized to adopt bylaws for its governance and conduct.

(6) The board shall hold regular meetings as provided for in its bylaws and may hold special meetings at such times and places within the district as provided in the bylaws.

(7) The board shall keep minutes of all meetings.

(8) A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for conducting business of the board.

D. Terms. (1)(a) Appointed members of the board shall serve two-year terms after initial terms as provided in Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph.

(b) Two members shall serve initial terms of one year, two shall serve initial terms of eighteen months, and two shall serve initial terms of two years, all as determined by lot at the first meeting of the board.

(2) Any board member who misses four meetings shall be disqualified and removed automatically from office.

(3) Vacancies shall be filled in the manner of the original appointment. A member shall be eligible for reappointment unless he was removed pursuant to Paragraph (2) of this Subsection.

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

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.

(5) To perform or have performed any function or activity the board deems necessary to carry out the purposes of the district.

(6) To accept private grants and donations.

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

F. Parcel fee. The governing authority of East Baton Rouge Parish 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 determined by duly adopted resolution of the board. The fee, however, shall not exceed one hundred twenty-five dollars per parcel per year.

(2) The fee shall be imposed on each parcel located within the district. The term "parcel" as used in this Subsection shall mean a developed or undeveloped lot. The owner of the 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 voting on the proposition at an election held for that purpose in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code. At least thirty days prior to any election held to approve imposition of a parcel fee, the board of commissioners shall mail notification of the upcoming election to each registered voter of the district and to the owner of a parcel if the owner is not a registered voter of the district. No other election shall be required except as provided by this Paragraph.

(b) The fee shall expire ten years from its initial levy but may be renewed in the same manner as its imposition.

(4) The fee shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ad valorem taxes are collected by the parish.

(5) The parish of East Baton Rouge shall collect the fee at the same time and in the same manner as ad valorem taxes are collected and shall maintain the proceeds of the fee collected pursuant to this Section in a separate account until such proceeds are disbursed to the district.

(6) The parish of East Baton Rouge shall remit to the district all amounts collected not more than sixty days after collection. However, the board may enter into an agreement with the parish to authorize the parish to retain, as a collection fee, not more than one percent of the amount collected.

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

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.

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

H. Dissolution. (1) The district may be dissolved after the question of its dissolution has been approved by a majority of the registered voters of the district voting on the proposition at a regularly scheduled election conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Louisiana Election Code. The question may be placed on the ballot only after it has been approved by the affirmative vote of not less than five members of the board.

(2) If the district ceases to exist:

(a) All funds of the district shall be transmitted by the board to the parish of East Baton Rouge within thirty days of dissolution. Such transmitted funds, together with any other funds collected by the parish of East Baton Rouge 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.

(b) The authority for the imposition of the parcel fee provided in this Section shall cease.

I. Miscellaneous provision. It is the purpose and intent of this Section that the additional law enforcement personnel and services provided by the district shall be supplemental to and not in lieu of personnel and services provided in the district by the city of Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish.

Acts 2009, No. 57, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:441.17 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 441.17
Town of White Castle; appointment of court magistrate; duties; salary
Status: in_force

The board of aldermen of the town of White Castle 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. 780, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2497 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2497
Leaves of absence
Status: in_force

The board shall adopt rules to provide for leaves of absence in the various classes of the classified service. Such rules shall provide for annual vacation and sick leaves with pay, and special leaves with or without pay. They may provide for special extended leaves with or without pay and for special extended leaves with or without pay or with reduced pay for employees disabled through injury or illness arising out of their employment. The right to regulate the time at which any employee may take an annual leave, or any other leave which is not beyond the control of the employee, shall be vested at all times with the appointing authority.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9055.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9055.1
DeSoto Parish Ambulance Service District; board of commissioners
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter to the contrary, the DeSoto Parish Police Jury may provide that the DeSoto Parish Ambulance Service District board of commissioners shall have two additional members who shall be appointed by the police jury.

B. The initial additional commissioners appointed pursuant to this Section shall be appointed to serve for terms of two and four years respectively, but thereafter, each commissioner shall be appointed for a term of six years, except that vacancies occurring otherwise than by the expiration of a term shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment.

Acts 2003, No. 258, §1, eff. June 10, 2003.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4545.32 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4545.32
Restriction as to transmission facilities
Status: in_force

The Authority shall not construct facilities for the transmission of electric power and energy unless it cannot provide for such by contract with investor-owned electric power companies with available existing transmission facilities under fair and reasonable terms and conditions or unless ordered to do so by a regulatory authority having jurisdiction.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 772, §1, eff. July 20, 1979.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4063 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4063
Creation of sewerage commission districts
Status: in_force

The commission authorized by R.S. 33:4061 may be created by the adoption of a resolution of intention by the council and the publication by the council of a notice setting forth its intention to create the commission. The notice shall be published once a week for three consecutive weeks, with the first notice to appear in the official journal of the parish not less than ten days prior to the date specified for a public hearing to be held on the council's intention to create such commission. After holding public hearings on the matter, the council may adopt a resolution creating the commission and designating sewerage areas, systems, or districts, including the Greater Baton Rouge Consolidated Sewerage District, placed under the jurisdiction of the commission. The resolution adopted by the council shall contain the names of the twelve commissioners appointed by the mayor-president and approved by the council, and shall designate the date, time, and location of the first meeting of the commission.

Acts 1984, No. 546, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3813.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3813.2
Tangipahoa Water District
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:3812, in the event there is formed under the provisions of this Chapter, within one year of July 13, 1992, a new water district in Tangipahoa Parish to be known as "The Tangipahoa Water District", comprised of the entirety of the territory of Tangipahoa Parish, less and except the area lying within the territorial limits of any municipality and Waterworks Districts 3, 8, and the Husser-Loranger District, or if the existing Waterworks District Number II of Tangipahoa Parish should be expanded to include the territorial limits of Second Ward Water District and Fourth Ward Water District, then such new Tangipahoa Water District or the expanded Waterworks District Number II of Tangipahoa Parish shall be governed by a board of commissioners of seven members.

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:3812, should any of the presently existing Water Districts 3, 8, or the Husser-Loranger Water District of Tangipahoa Parish be incorporated into the new Tangipahoa Water District or incorporated into the expanded Waterworks District Number II of Tangipahoa Parish after one year subsequent to July 13, 1992, the size of the board of commissioners shall be increased by one new member per added district up to the maximum of nine members and provided further the eighth or ninth member of the board of commissioners, as the case may be, shall reside within the geographical territory of the enumerated district added to the new Tangipahoa Water District, or the expanded Waterworks District Number II of Tangipahoa Parish.

C.(1) The existing members of the board of commissioners of Water Works District Number II of Tangipahoa Parish on July 13, 1992, without need of further appointment, together with one member living within the geographical limits of the Fourth Ward Water District of Tangipahoa Parish and one member living within the geographical limits of the Second Ward Water District of Tangipahoa Parish, as they have been heretofore constituted, shall make up the initial seven-member board of commissioners of the new Tangipahoa Water District or the expanded Waterworks District Number II of Tangipahoa Parish when formed.

(2)(a) Members of the board of commissioners of the expanded Waterworks District Number II of Tangipahoa Parish shall be entitled to per diem at the rate of one hundred dollars per regular meeting or special meeting. Per diem shall not be paid for more than twelve special meetings per year, and the board of commissioners shall not hold more than two regular meetings during any one calendar month.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the board of commissioners of the Tangipahoa Water District shall be entitled to per diem at the rate of one hundred fifty dollars per regular meeting or special meeting. Per diem shall not be paid for more than twelve special meetings per year, and the board of commissioners shall not hold more than two regular meetings during any one calendar month.

(3) The fact of inclusion by annexation at a future date of any territory of the new Tangipahoa Water District or the expanded Waterworks District Number II of Tangipahoa Parish within the territorial limits of any municipality shall not affect the makeup of the board of commissioners.

D.(1) The governing authority of Tangipahoa Parish shall make the appointment of the two commissioners necessary to complete the makeup of the initial board and such governing authority shall make all future appointments. The terms of the holdover members of the board of commissioners shall end at the same time their terms as commissioners of Waterworks District Number II of Tangipahoa Parish otherwise would end. The term of each member of the board of commissioners shall be for four years. However, notwithstanding, all service as a member of the board of commissioners shall be at the pleasure of the governing authority of Tangipahoa Parish.

(2) The term of each member of the board of commissioners of the Tangipahoa Water District in office on February 1, 2001, shall be extended for an additional two years from the date the member was appointed to serve, such that the member will have served a four-year term. Thereafter, the successors of such members shall serve four-year terms.

Acts 1992, No. 1051, §2, eff. July 13, 1992; Acts 2001, No. 442, §1, eff. June 18, 2001; Acts 2010, No. 478, §1, eff. July 1, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2505 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2505
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 provisions 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.

(4) Require any employee in the classified service to perform an act, or neglect an act, which would be a reason for dismissal or disciplinary action of the employee.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4600.12 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4600.12
Exceptions to applicability
Status: in_force

The provisions of this Chapter shall not be applicable to the parishes of Jefferson and Orleans.

Acts 2021, No. 319, §1, eff. June 15, 2021.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2392 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2392
Short title
Status: in_force

This Part shall be known as and may be cited as "the City Civil Service Law."
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.129 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.129
Conflicting regulations; higher standards to apply
Status: in_force

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

Acts 1988, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 14, §1, eff. Oct. 27, 1988.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:5161 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 5161
Post-employment benefits funds; political subdivisions
Status: in_force

A.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a political subdivision may establish, by ordinance or resolution, post-employment benefits funds.

(2) For purposes of this Chapter, "post-employment benefits" shall mean health care, life insurance, or any other benefit, not including pension benefits, provided by the political subdivision to a person who is no longer employed by such political subdivision.

(3) Any such fund shall be established for the purpose of paying the employer's share of post-employment benefits of employees, all as prescribed by the ordinance or resolution creating the fund.

(4) Any such fund also may be for the purpose of paying the employer's share of post-employment benefits of employees of political subdivisions created by, or for which taxes are levied by, the political subdivision creating the fund.

(5) The political subdivision may receive and deposit in the fund any monies which may be lawfully used for the purpose of the fund.

B.(1) A political subdivision is hereby authorized to establish, by ordinance or resolution, one or more trusts or to participate in a multiemployer trust to hold and invest the assets of post-employment benefits funds.

(2)(a) A political subdivision is further authorized to provide for the management and investment of any such fund or trust, including the establishment of a board or commission or the designation of an existing board or commission for such purposes.

(b) The ordinance or resolution establishing a fund or trust shall provide for the organization of and the manner of election or appointment of the members of such board or commission.

(c) Any political subdivision that establishes one or more post-employment benefit trusts shall develop and adopt an investment policy that details and clarifies investment objectives and the procedures and constraints necessary to reach the objectives of such trusts, in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 33:5162.

(3) Any trustee serving pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall be subject to the provisions of Subpart E of Part II of the Louisiana Trust Code.

C. Any post-employment benefits fund or trust established by a political subdivision prior to August 15, 2007, shall remain in effect and shall be amended, modified, or repealed as provided in the ordinance or resolution establishing such fund or trust and any other applicable law.

Acts 2007, No. 202, §1; Acts 2008, No. 87, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3461 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3461
Final inspection; payment of contractor
Status: in_force

The governing authority of any municipality taking advantage of the provisions of this Sub-Part, shall, upon the completion of any contract awarded as provided for herein, provide for the final inspection of the work performed, and the improvements made, and if the work is found to have been completed satisfactorily in accordance with the contract, as evidenced by a certificate of the engineer for the municipality, the governing authority shall, by ordinance, approve and accept the work and fulfill their obligations under the contract by full payment of all amounts due the contractor, including all retained percentages of payments previously made thereon on engineer's estimates, which percentages were retained pending the completion of the work.

Added by Acts 1970, No. 21, §1, emerg. eff. June 11, 1970, at 12:00 Noon.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4051 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4051
Consolidation of districts by parish governing authority; approval of governing body; rights of consolidated district; governing body of district
Status: in_force

The governing authority of any parish may create within such parish one or more consolidated sewerage districts comprised of one or more existing sewerage districts, together with, if so determined by the governing authority, territory not within the boundaries of an existing sewerage district. No sewerage district the governing body of which is not the governing authority of the parish may be included in any consolidated district without the approval of the governing body of such district to be evidenced by resolution, and no sewerage district lying wholly or partially within the limits of an incorporated municipality may be so included in a consolidated district without the consent of the governing authority of such municipality to be evidenced by resolution. Consolidated sewerage districts so created shall constitute sewerage districts within the meaning of Part III of Chapter 4 of Subtitle II of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, and as such shall enjoy all rights, powers, and privileges enjoyed by other sewerage districts under the provisions of said section, including the right to issue bonds, and shall have the right to issue certificates of indebtedness secured by local or special assessments. The governing authority of each such consolidated sewerage district shall be the governing authority of the parish creating the district.

Added by Acts 1958, No. 276, §1 par. 1; Acts 2014, No. 158, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9402 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9402
District plan
Status: in_force

A. Prior to the levy of any tax herein authorized, the governing body shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, a plan specifying the services proposed to be funded through the district. The governing body shall conduct such public hearings, publish such notice with respect thereto, and disseminate such information as in the exercise of its sound discretion it may deem to be appropriate or advisable and in the public interest.

B. The plan may specify and encompass any public service relating to criminal justice activities in the city of New Orleans including operation of parish facilities, including prisons, the enforcement, prosecution, and adjudication of criminal laws, and activities by the offices of the coroner, criminal sheriff, clerk of the criminal district court, and the criminal district court.

C. The plan shall include:

(1) An estimate of the annual and aggregate cost of providing the services set forth therein, and

(2) An estimate of the aggregate number of mills required to be levied in each year on the taxable immovable property within the district in order to provide the funds required for the implementation or effectuation of the plan for furnishing the services specified.

Acts 1989, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 22, §1, eff. July 28, 1989.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4066.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4066.4
Powers of individual sewerage system districts
Status: in_force

Any individual sewerage system district shall have all the powers and authority granted to sewerage districts pursuant to any provision of law, but may only own, install, construct, lease, finance, maintain, and inspect individual sewerage systems and shall additionally have the powers and authority granted pursuant to this Subpart relating to individual sewerage systems.

Acts 1987, No. 919, §1, eff. July 20, 1987.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.52 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.52
Development of industrial parks
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the law to the contrary and as a grant of power in addition to any authority contained elsewhere in the laws of Louisiana, a local governmental subdivision is empowered and authorized to create, develop, and finance, or assist in the creation, development, and financing of industrial park projects, as more specifically hereinafter provided, in order to promote industrial development in such local governmental subdivision.

B. To carry out and implement the authority granted by Subsection A of this Section, a local governmental subdivision is authorized to enter into financing agreements with developers, pursuant to which developers agree to develop, within the local governmental subdivision, land for industrial parks and to provide water, sewer, drainage, street, and similar facilities, and transportation, power, and underground cable communication facilities and other facilities incidental to the use of such land as industrial sites, or any one or more of the foregoing, and the local governmental subdivision in consideration thereof undertakes to issue revenue bonds as hereinafter provided payable solely from payments to be made by such developers and to make the proceeds of such bonds available to reimburse the developers for the project costs. The financing agreements shall contain such terms and conditions as may be deemed advisable by the governing authority of the local governmental subdivision to carry out the purposes contemplated by this Subpart. If, pursuant to a financing agreement, a developer agrees to construct, or cause to be constructed, water, sewerage, drainage, street and similar facilities, or transportation, power or underground cable communication facilities or any other functionally related facilities, or any one or more of the foregoing, and to use to pay the costs thereof his own resources or funds and/or the proceeds of revenue bonds to be made available to the developer, the payment of the principal of and interest on which he is obligated to pay pursuant to the financing agreement or a separate guaranty agreement, then the provisions of Part II of Chapter 10 of Title 38 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 shall not be applicable.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 277, §1, eff. July 13, 1981.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4720.107 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4720.107
Preparation and adoption of community improvement plan
Status: in_force

A. The authority shall not institute a community improvement plan for any area unless the local governing body after advice thereon by the city planning commission has, by resolution, determined such area to be a slum or a blighted area or a combination thereof, or determined such facility to be functionally obsolescent and designated such area as appropriate for a community improvement project.

B. The authority may prepare or cause to be prepared a community improvement plan, and is hereby authorized, in connection therewith, to apply for and receive planning advances from the federal government or other bodies. Prior to submission of the community improvement plan to the local governing body, the authority shall hold at least one public information meeting for the residents and property owners of the affected neighborhood to be called after proper notice given ten days prior to the date thereof in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. Prior to its approval of a community improvement plan, the authority shall submit such plan to the city planning commission for review and recommendation as to its conformity with the general plan for the development of the municipality as a whole. The planning commission after review of the plan by such agencies as it considers appropriate shall submit its written recommendations with respect to the proposed community improvement plan to the local governing body within forty-five days after receipt of the plan for review. Upon receipt of the approval, disapproval, or recommendations of the planning commission, or if no approval, disapproval, or recommendations are received within the said forty-five days, then the local governing body may proceed with the hearing on the proposed community improvement plan described in Subsection C of this Section.

C.(1) The local governing body shall hold a public hearing on the community improvement plan after notice thereof has been mailed to or deposited at every place of residence and commercial establishment within said area and after public notice has been published at least fourteen days prior to the hearing in a newspaper having a general circulation in the municipality. The notice shall include the time, date, place, and purpose of the hearing, shall generally identify the area covered by the plan, and shall outline the general scope of the project under consideration. Failure by anyone to receive such notice shall not invalidate approval of the plan.

(2) At the hearing the governing body shall afford an opportunity to all persons or agencies interested to be heard and shall receive, make known, and consider recommendations in writing with reference to the community improvement plan.

(3) The governing body shall approve, reject, make recommendations for changes, or modify the community improvement plan as submitted. In the event that the community improvement plan involves property located within the Historical District section of the city, the community improvement plan must first be approved by the Historical District Commission insofar as concerns that property which is located within the Historical District. The governing body shall not approve a community improvement plan unless it is satisfied that adequate provisions will be made to rehouse displaced families, if any, without undue hardship.

(4) Upon approval by the governing body of the community improvement plan, the authority is authorized to take such action as may be necessary to implement such plan.

D. Each redevelopment plan or project proposed through the plans prepared or caused to be prepared by the authority in compliance with this Chapter shall be approved by the mayor of the municipality. However, any member of the legislature whose district includes any part of the parish of St. Landry may meet with the mayor and recommend changes in the redevelopment plan or project which would affect his legislative district.

E. Subject to the provisions of Subsection C of this Section, a community improvement plan may be modified at any time, but if it is modified after the lease or sale by the authority of real property in the redevelopment area, such modification shall be subject to such rights as a lessee or purchaser or his successor or successors in interest may be entitled to assert; however, no public hearing shall be required if the local governing body determines by resolution that the modification is minor in nature.

F.(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Chapter, whenever the local governing body has certified that an area is in need of redevelopment or rehabilitation as a result of an act of God, fire, bombing, riot, or other catastrophe, the local governing body may approve a community improvement plan or project with respect to such area without regard to the provisions of Subsections B and C of this Section.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, a community based organization which is representative of and empowered by its citizens may request, via public hearing to the city council, that an area be designated appropriate for a community improvement plan and or project.

(3) At the public hearing, the community based organization shall submit an assessment to support such a request. Upon approval of the community based organization's request to designate such an area as appropriate for a community improvement plan and or project, the authority may prepare or cause to be prepared a community improvement plan.

(4) "Community based organizations" for purposes of this Section are defined as neighborhood associations, universities, community development corporations, economic development foundations, business associations, faith-based organizations, or any combination thereof.

Acts 2007, No. 380, §1, eff. July 10, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4570.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4570.3
Powers and duties
Status: in_force

A. The commission shall have perpetual existence and shall have the right and power to incur debts and contract obligations; to sue and be sued; to acquire by purchase, donation, expropriation, and otherwise, from other political entities or from any other source, money and property, movable and immovable, tangible and intangible, and to own, administer, alienate, and otherwise dispose of the said money and property; to contract generally; to adopt an official seal; and generally to have and enjoy all of the rights, powers, and immunities incident to public corporations engaged in public recreational and public park purposes. The powers and duties of the commission shall be inclusive of the right to own and acquire, and to develop and administer, lands for public parks, and other properties and improvements, movable and immovable, tangible and intangible, as well as additional rights, leases, concessions, and privileges for public recreational and park purposes generally. The commission is invested with full power to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations within the scope of this Section to apply to its own governmental functions, and to control and regulate the public recreational and park facilities under its jurisdiction.

B. The commission shall have full power and authority on its own motion, or upon recommendation of its superintendent, to make such studies and investigations as it may deem necessary in formulating policies, or in determining the wisdom and efficiency of policies, plans, and procedures to be carried out in acquiring, developing, and operating public recreational park facilities that will be available to all of the people of the parish of East Baton Rouge; and the policies and plans and procedures thus formulated shall be binding upon the superintendent. The superintendent shall have the power and authority to make recommendations as to said policies, plans, and procedures, and to establish and abolish positions, to transfer duties between positions, to assign duties, to direct and control, transfer, promote, demote, and otherwise change the status of all employees of the said commission, to nominate any and all such employees, and to recommend the salary to be paid in each case. Such nominations and recommendations shall finally be passed upon by the commission. The commission cannot and shall not act in the actual administration of public recreation and park facilities except through the superintendent, or through someone acting under this authority, and every lawful act of the superintendent performed in his capacity as superintendent pursuant to the provisions of this Section and the rules and regulations of the commission shall be the act of the commission.

C. For the purpose of acquiring and developing land and other property as public park areas or for public recreational purposes, the commission shall have the right to expropriate property in the same manner and by the same proceedings and under the same limitations now invested in and imposed by law on railroads and other quasi-public corporations.

D.(1) The commission shall submit a written report annually to each municipality located within the jurisdiction of the commission and to the members of the Louisiana Senate and House of Representatives who represent each municipality located within the jurisdiction of the commission.

(2) The report shall provide the amount of funds received from taxpayers in each municipality, the amount of funds spent by the commission on facilities in each municipality, and the amount of money generated at commission facilities in each municipality.

(3) The report shall be submitted annually within ninety days of the end of the fiscal year.

(4) The commission shall timely submit all reports required by the legislative auditor.

Acts 1985, No. 95, §1, eff. June 29, 1985; Acts 2025, No. 391, §1, eff. June 20, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4570.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4570.2
Legal status; rights and privileges
Status: in_force

The commission is the legal successor of the Baton Rouge Parish and Municipal Recreation Commission for the Parish of East Baton Rouge, and succeeds to all of the rights and obligations of the said late recreation commission, and to the ownership of all of the property, movable or immovable, tangible or intangible, owned by the said late recreation commission, and to all of the rights, privileges, and concessions of every kind and nature invested in and exercised by the said late recreation commission, by the city of Baton Rouge, or the parish of East Baton Rouge. The commission has the right to own and administer in the public welfare, and for public recreational and park purposes, the leases, concessions, rights, and privileges heretofore granted by the late commission council of the city of Baton Rouge, and the late police jury of the parish of East Baton Rouge to the said late recreation commission and to develop and expand upon these leases, concessions, rights, and privileges.

Acts 1985, No. 95, §1, eff. June 29, 1985.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2555.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2555.2
Recruit and recruit period; Fire Protection District No. 2 of Ward 4 of Calcasieu Parish
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in Fire Protection District No. 2 of Ward 4 of Calcasieu Parish no person selected for appointment to an entry-level position in the classified service from the competitive firefighter employment list who has not successfully completed formal training as required by Subsection B of this Section shall begin the working test period. However, such person shall be employed by the appointing authority and reported as a recruit and shall immediately begin his formal training.

B. Formal training for a person selected for appointment to an entry-level position as a firefighter in the classified service shall mean the enrollment in and successful completion of a fire training academy provided for through the appointing authority. All persons selected for appointment to an entry-level position as a firefighter in the classified service shall successfully complete the fire training academy whether or not such person was certified as a Firefighter I in accordance with National Fire Protection Association Standard 1001 prior to his selection for appointment.

C. The fire training academy provided for in Subsection B of this Section shall be for a duration as determined by the appointing authority. Upon the successful completion of the fire training academy, the recruit shall immediately begin the working test period.

D. The appointing authority shall, within fifteen days, advise the board that the recruit has successfully completed the fire training academy and has begun the working test period as a probational firefighter.

E. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require that a person selected for appointment to an entry-level position as a firefighter in the classified service be terminated if he fails to enroll in or successfully complete the fire training academy as required by Subsection B of this Section.

Acts 2017, No. 194, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4365 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4365
Payment of expense of advertising and selling franchise
Status: in_force

No part of the expense of advertising or selling of any such franchise shall be paid out of any funds under the control of the police jury.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3963 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3963
Board of sewerage commissioners; powers; terms of office
Status: in_force

The governing authority of the municipality creating said districts or sub-districts shall appoint a board of sewerage commissioners to consist of five members, all residents of the district or sub-district owning property to be served by the sewerage improvements and authorized to vote under the laws of Louisiana in the municipality in which the district or sub-district is located. Said board, subject to the supervision of the governing authorities of the municipality, shall manage the affairs of the district and let all contracts for the construction, maintenance, improvement and operation of the said district or sub-district; said commissioners shall hold office for a term of four years and until their successors have been appointed by the governing authority of the municipality in which their district or sub-district is located. The governing authority of any sewerage district shall likewise be the governing authority of any sub-district located in said district.

Acts 1950, Ex.Sess., No. 6, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3985 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3985
Statement of cost of improvement
Status: in_force

Any sewerage district, upon the award of any contract under the provisions of this Sub-part, shall forthwith require of the engineer of the district a duly certified statement or report, showing in detail the total cost of the improvements, including the cost of 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 to be benefited in the proportion that its area bears to the total area to be assessed, or in the proportion that its front footage bears to the total front footage to be assessed, as shall be determined by the governing authority, provided, however, that where the assessment is made on a front foot basis and any sewer line is constructed upon more than one side of any lot or parcel of real estate, the total front footage of such lot or parcel of real estate to be assessed shall be determined by taking the total front footage of said lot or parcel of real estate abutting all sewer lines to be constructed and dividing such total front footage by two. The report shall further describe each lot or parcel of real estate to be assessed with sufficient clearness to identify it.

The words "front footage" as used in this Sub-part shall mean the footage of each lot or parcel of real estate abutting the right of way, street or sewer way along which the sewer line is constructed.

Amended by Acts 1950, No. 462, §5; Acts 1958, No. 395, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2433 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2433
Federal funds and assistance
Status: in_force

Wherever the provisions of any law of the United States, or of any rule, order or regulation of any federal agency or authority, providing or administering federal funds for use in Louisiana, either directly or indirectly or as a grant-in-aid, or to be matched or otherwise, impose other or higher civil service merit standards or different classifications than are required by the provisions of this Part, the provisions of the laws, classification, rules or regulations of the United States or any federal agency may be adopted by the commission as rules and regulations of the commission and shall when so adopted govern the class of employment and employees affected thereby, regardless of anything in this Part to the contrary.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9080.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9080.1
McKendall Estates 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 McKendall Estates 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. (1) The district shall be comprised of the area of the parish of Orleans lying within the following perimeter: Parcel of ground bounded by Bullard Avenue, South Easterlyn Circle, Jahncke Road or Canal (side), and Melvin Place.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the properties located at 5555 Bullard Avenue and 5661 Bullard Avenue shall not be included in the district.

C. Purpose. The district is established for the primary object and purpose of promoting and encouraging the beautification, security, and overall betterment of the area included within 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 president of the governing board of the McKendall Estates Homeowners Association shall be a member.

(b) The vice president of the governing board of the McKendall Estates Homeowners Association shall be a member.

(c) Five members shall be appointed by the governing board of the McKendall Estates Homeowners Association from a list of nominations submitted by the membership of the McKendall Estates Homeowners Association.

(2) All members of the board shall be members of the McKendall Estates Homeowners Association and own property within the district.

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

(4) 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.

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

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

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

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

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

(1) 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.

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

(3) To provide or enhance security patrols in the district, and to provide for improved lighting, signage, or matters relating to the security of the district.

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

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

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

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

(1) The amount of the fee shall be as requested by duly adopted resolution of the board. The fee, however, shall not exceed three hundred dollars per parcel, per year.

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

(3) For purposes of this Section, "parcel" means a lot, a subdivided portion, or an individual tract.

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

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

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

(c) If approved, the fee shall expire on December 31, 2014, but the fee may be renewed if approved by a majority of the registered voters of the district voting on the proposition at an election as provided in Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph. Any election to authorize the renewal of the fee shall be held only at the same time as the mayoral primary election for 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.

(6) 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.

(7) 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.

(8) 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. 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. 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 drawn 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 shall adopt an annual budget in accordance with the Local Government Budget Act, R.S. 39:1301 et seq. The budget and all amendments shall be subject to the approval of the governing authority of the city of New Orleans.

(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 by 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, any funds of the district shall be transmitted to the governing authority of New Orleans and shall be used for the purpose of promoting and encouraging the beautification, security, and overall betterment of the area included within the district.

Acts 2008, No. 248, §1, eff. June 17, 2008; Acts 2013, No. 73, §1, eff. May 30, 2013.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4405 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4405
Indeterminate permits granted by cities of 100,000 or more; option to purchase utility; forfeiture or enforcement of permit
Status: in_force

The governing authority of every city having a population of one hundred thousand or more may grant indeterminate permits for the use of the streets and other public places in connection with the operation and maintenance of any public utility, which permit shall continue in force until such time as the city purchases the utility under the option provided for below or until the permit is otherwise terminated according to law. No such permit shall be granted except upon the condition that the city granting it shall have a perpetual option to purchase the utility, at any time, at a price agreed upon or to be ascertained and determined in a manner agreed upon at the time of the granting of the permit and to be set forth therein. The governing authority may prescribe, stipulate, or agree to such other conditions of the permits as it deems proper. Any violation of any of the conditions shall be sufficient grounds for forfeiture of the permit, in which event, or for other legal cause, the city may sue for its forfeiture, cancellation, or revocation or, at its option, may sue for its enforcement, with damages suffered. By the grant and acceptance of an indeterminate permit, no utility shall be exempted or relieved from the payment of any franchise tax or consideration to which the municipality would be entitled by the terms of any existing franchise under which the utility may be operated.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3820 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3820
Water rates
Status: in_force

The commissioners of a waterworks district may fix the rates at which it will supply water to persons within as well as outside the district and may dispense water from its waterworks system upon a flat rate or upon a meter rate. The cost of connecting and installing meters shall be borne entirely by the person using them.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1991 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1991
Definitions
Status: in_force

A.(1) The word "fireman", as used in this Subpart includes all persons employed or engaged full-time by municipalities or municipal fire departments, parishes or parish fire departments, or fire protection districts for firefighting, fire prevention, fire record clerk, fire investigation, fire protection, or emergency duties and services, or the fire training officers of such persons. The word "fireman" also includes employees of nonprofit corporations under contract with a fire protection district or other political subdivision to provide such services, including operators of the fire-alarm system when such operators are members of the regularly constituted fire department. The word "fireman" does not include carpenters, storekeepers, machinists, clerks, except fire record clerks, building hazard and similar inspectors, physicians, or other non-firefighting employees detailed for such special duties, nor does the word "fireman", except as otherwise provided in this Subsection, include employees of privately owned or operated firefighting or fire prevention services. The word "fireman" also does not include emergency medical technicians who work for a public emergency medical services system that is not engaged in traditional firefighting activities.

(2) A fireman shall be known as "apprentice fireman" for his first two years' active service. At the completion of two years' active service he shall be known as "first class fireman".

(3) "Engineer" means any fireman who drives, tillers, or otherwise chauffeurs any fire department apparatus.

B. The next three ranks and grades or classifications shall be:

(1) Lieutenant, where the municipality, parish or fire protection district deems the rank necessary;

(2) Captain;

(3) Assistant chief, battalion chief and district chief.

Amended by Acts 1962, No. 132, §1; Act 1975, No. 109, §1; Acts 1991, No. 1000, §1, eff. July 24, 1991; Acts 2015, No. 325, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4720.147 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4720.147
Definitions
Status: in_force

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

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

(2) "Authority" or "Jefferson Parish Redevelopment Authority" means the public agency created pursuant to R.S. 33:4720.131 et seq.

(3) "Blighted area" means an area which by reason of the presence of a substantial number of slum, deteriorated or deteriorating structures, predominance of defective or inadequate street layout, faulty lot layout in relation to size, adequacy, accessibility, or usefulness, unsanitary or unsafe conditions, deterioration of site or other improvements, diversity of ownership, tax or special assessment delinquency exceeding the fair value of the land, defective or unusual conditions of title, or the existence of conditions which endanger life or property by fire and other causes, or any combination of such factors, substantially impairs or arrests the sound growth of the municipality, retards the provision of housing accommodations or constitutes an economic or social liability and is a menace to the public health, safety, morals, or welfare in its present condition and use; but if the area consists of any disaster area referred to in R.S. 33:4720.133(F), it shall constitute a "blighted area".

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

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

(6) "Community improvement area" means a slum area or a blighted area or a combination thereof which the local governing body designates as appropriate for a community improvement project.

(7) "Community improvement plan" means a general plan for a community improvement project, which plan shall conform to the general plan for the parish as a whole except as provided in R.S. 33:4720.133(E) and shall delineate the community improvement area affected thereby. It shall be sufficient for the plan, for each community improvement area, to contain a general description of those matters proposed to be carried out in the community improvement area, such as any or all of the following: land acquisitions, demolition and removal of structures, redevelopment, improvements, rehabilitation, zoning and planning changes, if any, land uses, population densities, or building requirements. Detailed, particularized proposals for the implementation of all or any portion of a community improvement plan shall be deemed modification of the plan, within the meaning of R.S. 33:4720.133(E). The foregoing definition, as herein amended, shall apply to any community improvement plan heretofore or hereafter approved pursuant to R.S. 33:4720.133.

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

(a) Acquisition of a slum or blighted area or portion thereof.

(b) Demolition and removal of buildings and improvements.

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

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

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

(f) Acquisition of real property in the community improvement area which, under the community improvement plan, is to be repaired or rehabilitated for dwelling use or related facilities, repair or rehabilitation of the structures, and resale of the property.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(11) "Local governing body" means the council charged with governing the parish of Jefferson.

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

(13) "Parish president" means the officer having the duties customarily imposed upon the executive head of the parish.

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

(15) "Parish" means the parish of Jefferson.

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

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

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

(19) "Related activities" means planning work for the preparation of a general neighborhood renewal plan or for the preparation or completion of a communitywide plan or program and the functions related to the acquisition and disposal of real property pursuant to R.S. 33:4720.132(4).

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

Acts 2007, No. 390, §1, eff. July 10, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:155 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 155
Persons entitled to vote
Status: in_force

At the election no person shall be allowed to vote except those who are qualified to vote under the general election laws, and who reside in and upon the lots or land proposed to be annexed to and included in the territorial corporate limits of such city or town.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:7727 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 7727
Boards of commissioners in Ouachita Parish; appointment of additional members
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:7723, the governing authority of Ouachita Parish is hereby authorized to increase the membership of boards of commissioners of mosquito abatement districts in Ouachita Parish from five to seven members. The two additional members authorized by this Section shall be appointed by the governing authority of Ouachita Parish and shall serve initial terms of two and three years respectively; thereafter, their successors shall serve three-year terms as provided in R.S. 33:7723. All other provisions of law relative to members of the board shall apply to the additional members and their successors.

Acts 1984, No. 549, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4720.134 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4720.134
Acquisition of real property in community improvement area
Status: in_force

A. Subject to the requirements of R.S. 33:4720.133, and except as provided in R.S. 33:4720.132(4), the authority may acquire by purchase, lease, option, gift, grant, bequest, device, or by the exercise of the power of expropriation any real property, or interest therein, which it may deem necessary for or in connection with a community improvement plan or project under this Chapter.

B. The authority may exercise the power of expropriation in the manner provided in the civil code relative to the transfer of property and the laws supplementary or amendatory thereto, or it may exercise the power of expropriation in the manner provided by law for the exercise of the power of expropriation. Property already devoted to a public use may be purchased in a like manner, but no real property belonging to the United States, the state of Louisiana, or any political subdivision of the state may be acquired without the consent of the political body owning such property.

C. In any proceeding to fix or assess compensation for damages for the purchase of property, or any interest therein, through the exercise of expropriation, evidence or testimony bearing upon the following matters shall be admissible and shall be considered in fixing such compensation or damages, in addition to evidence or testimony otherwise admissible:

(1) The institution of any legal or administrative proceedings with respect to any use, condition, occupancy, or operation of such property, which is unlawful or violative of, or subject to elimination, abatement, prohibition, or correction under any law or ordinance or regulatory measure of the state, parish, or other political subdivision, or any agency thereof, in which such property is located, as being unsafe, substandard, unsanitary, or otherwise contrary to the public health, safety, or welfare.

(2) The effect on the value of such property, of any such use, condition, occupancy, or operation, or of the elimination, abatement, prohibition, or correction of any such use, condition, or operation.

(3) Testimony or evidence that any public body or public officer charged with the duty or authority so to do has rendered, made, or issued any judgment, decree, determination, or order for the abatement, prohibition, elimination, or correction of any such use, condition, occupancy, or operation shall be admissible and shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and character of such use, condition, or operation.

Acts 2007, No. 390, §1, eff. July 10, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3826 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3826
Report of total cost; amounts chargeable to each lot
Status: in_force

The political subdivision, upon the award of such contract, shall forthwith or at a reasonable time thereafter require of the engineers of the political subdivision a duly certified statement or report showing in detail the total cost of the improvements, including the cost of street intersections, outside water facilities, engineering, legal and other fees, and all other expenses incidental to the cost of said improvements. If a local or special assessment has been levied the report shall also show the amount of the cost chargeable to each lot or parcel of real estate to be improved or benefited in the proportion that its front footage bears to the total front footage to be assessed, as shall be determined by the governing authority, provided, however, that where any water line is constructed upon more than one side of any lot or parcel of real estate, the total front footage of such lot or parcel of real estate to be assessed shall be determined by taking the total front footage of said lot or parcel of real estate abutting all water lines to be constructed and dividing such total front footage by two. The report shall further describe each lot or parcel of real estate to be assessed with sufficient clearness to identify it. The words "front footage" as used in R.S. 33:3822 through 33:3835 shall mean the footage of each lot or parcel of real estate abutting the street or right of way along which the water line is constructed.

Acts 1962, No. 313, §5. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 18, §1, eff. June 2, 1966, at 2:32 P.M.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4288 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4288
Refunding certificates
Status: in_force

The governing authority of a municipality which issues certificates of indebtedness under this Sub-part, may authorize the issuance of certificates of indebtedness for the purpose of refunding outstanding certificates.

Refunding certificates may either be sold and the proceeds applied to the retirement of the outstanding certificates, or may be delivered in exchange for the outstanding certificates. The refunding certificates shall be authorized in all respects as original certificates are herein required to be authorized, and the governing authority shall provide for the security of the refunding certificates and for the rights of the holders thereof in all respects as those herein authorized to be provided for under the authority of this Sub-part. The governing authority may also provide that the refunding certificates shall have the same priority of lien on the revenues pledged for their payment as was enjoyed by the certificates refunded.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2495 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2495
Working tests
Status: in_force

A. Every person appointed to a position in the classified service following the certification of his name from a promotional or a competitive employment list, except as provided in R.S. 33:2495.1 and except those appointed on a temporary basis, shall be reported to the board as a probational employee within fifteen days of his appointment. The probational employee shall be tested by a working test while occupying the position before he may be confirmed as a regular and permanent employee in the position.

B.(1) Except as provided in R.S. 33:2495.1, the period of the working test shall commence immediately upon appointment and shall continue for a period of not less than six months nor more than one year.

(2)(a) Any probational employee in the classified fire service, except an entry level fireman and an entry level radio, fire alarm, or signal system operator, who has served less than six months of his working test for any given position may be removed therefrom only with the prior approval of the board, and only upon one of the following grounds:

(i) He is unable or unwilling to perform satisfactorily the duties of the position to which he has been appointed.

(ii) His habits and dependability do not merit his continuance therein.

(b) Any such probational employee in the classified fire service may appear before the board and present his case before he is removed.

(c) Any such probational employee in the classified fire service who is rejected after having served a working test of six months but not more than one year may appeal to the board only upon the grounds that he has not been given a fair opportunity to prove his ability in the position.

(3)(a) Any probational employee in a position of a competitive class of the classified police service, except an entry level police officer, and an entry level radio, police alarm, or signal system operator, who has served less than six months of his working test for any given position may be removed therefrom only with the prior approval of the board. Any probational employee in a position of a promotional class of the classified police service, who has served less than three months of his working test for any given position may be removed therefrom only with the prior approval of the board. Any such probational employee may be removed only upon one of the following grounds:

(i) He is unable or unwilling to perform satisfactorily the duties of the position to which he has been appointed.

(ii) His habits and dependability do not merit his continuance therein.

(b) Any such probational employee in the classified police service may appear before the board and present his case before he is removed.

(c) Any such probational employee in the classified police service appointed to a position of a competitive class who is rejected after having served a working test of six months but not more than one year may appeal to the board only upon the grounds that he has not been given a fair opportunity to prove his ability in the position.

(d) Any such probational employee in the classified police service appointed to a position of a promotional class who is rejected after having served a working test of three months but not more than one year may appeal to the board only upon the grounds that he has not been given a fair opportunity to prove his ability in the position.

C. Upon any employee completing his working test, the appointing authority shall so advise the board and furnish a signed statement to the respective employee of its confirmation and acceptance of the employee as a regular and permanent employee in the respective position or of its refusal to confirm the employee and the reasons therefor. If, at the expiration of an employee's working test period, the appointing authority fails to confirm or reject the employee, such failure to act shall constitute a confirmation.

D. The appointing authority may remove, and shall remove upon the order of the board, any employee during his working test period who the board finds, after giving him notice and an opportunity to be heard, was appointed as a result of an error, misrepresentation, or fraud.

E. In any event where an employee is permitted under this Section to appeal to the board, the decision of the board shall be subject to the judicial review provided by this Part and the appointing authority and employee shall be governed accordingly.

F. Any employee appointed in accordance with R.S. 33:2494, who has commenced a working test shall have the working test considered interrupted by any absence greater than thirty consecutive days. The working test, even if interrupted, shall not be more than the aggregate period of one year.

Acts 1997, No. 1391, §1, eff. July 15, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 1139, §1; Acts 2003, No. 708, §1, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2005, No. 197, §1, eff. Aug. 1, 2005; Acts 2013, No. 331, §1; Acts 2016, No. 552, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3403 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3403
Advertising for bids; awarding contract; assessment; work done by municipality
Status: in_force

Whenever the governing authority resolves to improve the streets or alleys or any part thereof as herein provided, they shall pass an ordinance or resolution calling for bids for the work notice of which shall be published at least twice, the last insertion appearing not less than ten days prior to the date of the opening of the bids, in a newspaper published in the municipality and shall let the contract to the lowest responsible bidder who can give satisfactory security; provided that the municipality may reject any and all bids. After the contract has been completed the governing authority shall by ordinance or resolution assess all real estate abutting the street or alley, and on railroad tracks as aforesaid or portion thereof to be paved or otherwise improved, apportioning the cost on the basis of the respective frontage of the abutting real estate and on the railroad track in the proportion as set forth in R.S. 33:3402. The ordinance or resolution shall be recorded in the mortgage record of the parish in which the municipality is located not less than thirty days nor more than forty days after the completion and acceptance of the work by the municipality. Instead of letting the contract to the lowest bidder for the paving of a street, alley or portion thereof the municipality may purchase the material and have the work done, in which case the cost of the work when completed, shall be paid for and assessed in the same manner as provided for in R.S. 33:3402.

Amended by Acts 1954, No. 652, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.56 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.56
Zoning commission; recommendations; public hearing
Status: in_force

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

Acts 1962, No. 123, §6.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.50.30 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.50.30
Method of procedure
Status: in_force

Before enacting the zoning ordinance or any amendment thereto, the town council or the police jury, as the case may be, shall hold a public hearing thereon, at least ten days notice of the time and place of which shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the parish. The zoning ordinance, including the map or maps, may from time to time be amended; but no amendment shall become effective unless it be first submitted to and approved by the commission, or, if disapproved, shall receive the favorable vote of not less than two-thirds of the entire membership of the town council or the police jury, as the case may be.

Acts 2019, No. 75, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4160.30 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4160.30
Sale and delivery of certificates; use of proceeds
Status: in_force

The certificates may be sold by negotiated sale or may be advertised for sale on sealed bids as provided by law. The governing authority may reject any and all bids received as a result of the advertisement, or the city 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 may, by resolution, authorize the mayor to negotiate and deliver the certificates, to collect the purchase price therefor, and to do any and all things necessary and incidental thereto, or may 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.

Acts 1992, No. 472, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:441.23 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 441.23
Village of Hessmer; appointment of court magistrate
Status: in_force

The board of aldermen of the village of Hessmer 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 1981, No. 203, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:193 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 193
Consolidation election to be ordered upon motion of governing body or upon petition of voters
Status: in_force

The governing body of each municipality may order a consolidation election upon its own motion. Upon the presentation to the governing body of a petition, signed by twenty-five per cent of the qualified voters of the municipality, requesting a consolidation election, the governing body shall order such election. In the event of the failure, refusal, or neglect of the governing body to comply with such a petition within ten days after its presentation, any two of the qualified signers of the petition may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for a writ of mandamus or other appropriate remedy to compel the governing body and its members to comply.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2033 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2033
Duties of secretary
Status: in_force

The secretary of the board shall keep in books, provided for the purpose, a complete record of all proceedings of the board, particularly with reference to investing money belonging to the fund which proceedings shall be spread upon the minutes in full. He shall file and keep all correspondence of the board and shall perform other duties assigned him by the board, including the preparation of warrants for the various disbursements from the fund and the keeping of an accurate record thereof.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2341 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2341
Purpose
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the legislature in the exercise of the police power of the state to create a board to promote the public peace, by establishing training programs for chiefs of police to provide management courses and skills to enhance the safety of the citizens of Louisiana and the enforcement of state laws. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the superintendent of the Louisiana State Police, sheriffs, and constables.

Acts 2003, No. 388, §1, eff. June 18, 2003; Acts 2011, No. 161, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4710.17 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4710.17
Bonds
Status: in_force

A. The authority may, from time to time, with the approval of the State Bond Commission, issue negotiable bonds in one or more series in such principal amount as it deems necessary to provide for the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, extension, or improvement of one or more projects, including engineering, architectural, inspection, legal, and financial fees and costs, interest on such bonds during construction and for a reasonable period thereafter, establishment of reserves to secure such bonds, and all other expenditures of the authority incidental or necessary or convenient thereto. The annual payments due on bonds of the authority for principal, interest, premium, or otherwise shall not exceed the estimated annual revenues of the hotel occupancy taxes authorized by this Chapter and other income and revenues of the authority derived from any source whatsoever, including without limitation any and all taxes, fees, and charges authorized by this Chapter and revenues derived from one or more projects and leases and agreements securing the payment of bonds. Such bonds shall be authorized and issued by a resolution of the board of the authority and shall be of such series, bear such date or dates, be serial or term bonds, or a combination thereof, mature at such time or times, bear interest at such rate or rates payable on such date or dates, be in such denominations, be in such form, carry such registration and exchangeability privilege, be payable in such medium of payment and at such place or places, be subject to such terms of redemption, and be secured in such manner consistent with the authority contained in this Section as the resolution authorizing such bonds may provide.

B. The bonds shall be executed in the name of the authority by the manual or facsimile signature of such officer or officers of the board as may be designated in the resolution or other instrument providing for their issuance. If any officer whose manual or facsimile signature appears on any bond ceases to be such officer before the delivery of such bonds, such signature nevertheless shall be valid and sufficient for all purposes as if he had remained in office until such delivery. The resolution or trust instrument may provide for authentication of the bonds by the trustee or fiscal agent thereunder.

C. All bonds issued by the authority shall be sold in such manner and for such prices as the board may determine.

D. The board may, in any resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds, enter into such covenants with the future holder or holders of the bonds as to the management and operation of projects, the lease or rental thereof, the imposition and collection of fees and charges for services and facilities furnished by the authority, the disposition of such fees and revenues, the issuance of future bonds and the creation of future liens and encumbrances against the projects and the revenues therefrom, the carrying of insurance on the project facilities, the keeping of books and records, and other pertinent matters as may be deemed proper by the board to assure the marketability of the bonds.

E. Any holder of the bonds may by appropriate legal action compel performance of all duties required of the authority and its officials and the board by this Chapter.

F. If any bond issued under this provision of this Chapter and secured by the revenue or revenues of a project or projects is permitted to go into default as to principal or interest, any court of competent jurisdiction may, pursuant to the application of the holder of the bond, appoint a receiver for such project or projects, which receiver shall be under the duty of operating the project or projects and collecting the revenues pledged to the payment of the bonds, pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter and the resolution authorizing the bonds.

G. Bonds may, in the discretion of the board, be additionally secured by conventional mortgage on all or any part of the properties or facilities acquired, constructed, extended, or improved with the proceeds thereof, and the board shall have full discretion to make such provisions as it may see fit for the making and enforcement of such mortgage and the provisions to be therein contained.

H. The board may provide by resolution for the issuance of refunding bonds of the authority for the purpose of refunding outstanding bonds of the authority issued pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter, such refunding bonds to be issued pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 14-A of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 or pursuant to the Consolidated Local Government Public Finance Act.

I. Any bonds issued pursuant to this Section and the income therefrom are exempt from taxation by this state or any political subdivision thereof.

J. Every resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds of the authority shall be published at least once in the official journal of the authority. For thirty days after the date of publication, any person in interest may contest the legality of the resolution and of any provision therein made for the security and payment of the bonds. After that time, no one shall have any cause of action to test the regularity, formality, legality, or effectiveness of the resolution and provisions thereof for any cause. Thereafter, it shall be conclusively presumed that every legal requirement for the issuance of the bonds has been complied with. No court shall have authority to inquire into any of these matters after the thirty days.

K. If the authority has issued bonds secured by hotel occupancy taxes, food and beverage taxes, or other taxes, fees, or charges authorized by this Chapter, neither the legislature nor the authority shall discontinue or decrease such taxes, fees, or charges or permit to be discontinued or decreased such taxes, fees, or charges in anticipation of the collection of which such bonds have been issued, or in any way make any change in the allocation and dedication of the proceeds of such taxes, fees, or charges which would diminish the amount of such taxes, fees, or charges to be received by the authority until all of such bonds have been retired as to principal and interest or irrevocable provision made for the payment of principal and interest on such bonds, and there is hereby vested in the holders from time to time of such bonds a contractual right under the provisions of this Chapter.

Acts 2019, No. 172, §1; Acts 2025, No. 178, §1, eff. June 8, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:124 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 124
Removal of appointive members
Status: in_force

The appointive members of a parish development board may be removed by the appointing authority, after adoption of a proper resolution for that purpose, for inefficiency, neglect of duty, malfeasance in office, and for any other cause that may, in the discretion of the police jury, be sufficient to justify the removal. The police jury may not remove a member of the board without first incorporating in its minutes a statement containing the reasons for the removal.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2741.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2741.3
East Jefferson Parish Culture and Recreation District
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created the East Jefferson Parish Culture and Recreation District (the "district"). The district shall include a one hundred twelve-acre tract of land located adjacent to and south of Airline Highway right of way to the east of its intersection with Hickory Avenue. The western boundary of the tract, which is officially designated as lots G-1 and G-2, Elmwood-Lafreniere Plantation, is approximately one thousand six hundred feet east of the intersection of Hickory Avenue and Airline Highway, fronting along Airline Highway for approximately three thousand three hundred forty-five feet and by a depth along its eastern boundary line of approximately one thousand three hundred fifty feet and on its western boundary by an approximate depth of one thousand three hundred fifty feet. Parcel G-1 also includes a strip of land which runs to the east of the main parcel, being adjacent to the railroad facility referred to as the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Mays Yard which is also located to the south of the entire tract. The district shall be governed by the East Jefferson Parish Culture and Recreation Authority (the "authority").

B.(1) The authority shall be composed of the members of the Jefferson Parish Council, the Jefferson Parish president, the Jefferson chairman of the Greater New Orleans Hotel/Motel Association, a member of the state legislative delegation representing the East Bank of Jefferson Parish selected by that delegation, and a member of the state legislative delegation representing the West Bank of Jefferson Parish selected by that delegation. The chairman of the Jefferson Parish Council shall serve as president of the authority. The authority shall adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as it deems necessary and may use the staff of the Jefferson Parish Council to assist in the performance of its duties.

(2) Any baseball franchise lessee of any facility constructed within the district by the authority shall disclose the names and addresses of all owners of the business, partnership, corporation, or company. In addition, the individual owners of such business, partnership, corporation, or company shall submit an affidavit to the authority stating that there are no silent owners in their interest other than by operation of law.

(3) No public official, or their immediate family, shall own stock in any baseball franchise which may use the facilities located within the district as their home playing facilities. Any violations of this Subsection shall be deemed to be a violation of R.S. 42:1112 and shall be subject to the penalties contained in the Code of Governmental Ethics.

C. The avails of any sales and use taxes levied by the Jefferson Parish Council which are collected from the events, activities, and transactions within the East Jefferson Parish Culture and Recreation District shall be allocated to that district and shall be available for expenditure as provided in Subsection D of this Section.

D. The proceeds of the tax collected within the district and allocated under the provisions of this Section shall be used solely and exclusively to plan, acquire, finance, own, construct, operate, and maintain professional and amateur sporting facilities in the East Jefferson Parish Culture and Recreation District, including but not limited to the construction of a baseball stadium.

E. The authority may issue bonds solely and exclusively for the purposes set forth in Subsection D of this Section, such bonds to be payable solely from and secured by an irrevocable pledge and dedication of tax revenues subject only to the prior payment of the costs and expenses of administration and collection of such tax. The bonds shall have such form, characteristics, and restrictions as provided in this Section.

F. The bonds shall be authorized and issued by resolution of the authority, subject to approval by the State Bond Commission, and shall be of such series, bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, bear interest at such rate or rates payable at such times, be in such denomination, be in such form, either coupon or fully registered without coupons, carry such registration and exchangeability privileges, be payable in such medium and at such place or places within or without the state, be subject to such terms of redemption, be entitled to such priorities on the tax revenues and be sold upon such terms not inconsistent herewith as such resolution may provide. The bonds shall be executed in the name of the district by the manual or facsimile signatures of such official or officials of the district as designated by the authority in the resolution authorizing their issuance. At least one signature on each bond shall be a manual signature. The seal, or a facsimile thereof, of such district shall be affixed, imprinted, engraved, or otherwise reproduced upon each bond. The delivery of any bonds or coupons so executed at any time thereafter shall be valid, although before the date of delivery, any person or persons signing the bonds or coupons shall cease to hold office. The maturities of the bonds shall be so arranged that the total amount of principal and interest falling due in any year, together with principal and interest falling due in such year on all bonds theretofore issued hereunder, and then outstanding, shall never exceed seventy-five percent of the amount of tax revenues estimated by the authority to be received by it in the calendar year in which the bonds are issued.

G.(1) Bonds issued hereunder shall constitute a borrowing solely upon the credit of the tax revenues received or to be received by the authority of the issuer and shall not constitute an indebtedness or pledge of the general credit of the issuer within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory provision relating to the incurring of indebtedness, and the bonds shall contain a recital to that effect. No member of the authority or officer of the issuer or any person executing the bonds shall be personally liable on such bonds.

(2) Bonds issued hereunder shall be payable solely from and secured by an irrevocable pledge and dedication of such part of the tax revenues as may be pledged thereto in the authorizing resolution. Any holder of any of such bonds, or coupons attached thereto, may either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings, enforce and compel performance of all duties required to be performed by the authority as a result of issuing the bonds and may similarly enforce the provisions of the ordinance or other enactment of the authority imposing the tax and the resolution and proceedings authorizing the issuance of such bonds.

(3) When any bonds shall have been issued hereunder neither the legislature, the authority, nor any other authority shall discontinue or decrease the tax or permit to be discontinued or decreased the tax in anticipation of the collection of which such bonds have been issued, or in any way make any change in the allocation and dedication of the proceeds of such tax which would diminish the amount of the tax revenues to be received by the issuer until all of such bonds shall have been retired as to principal and interest, and there is hereby vested in the holders, from time to time of such bonds and the coupons representing interest thereon, a contractual right.

H.(1) The authority may in any resolution authorizing such bonds provide for the respective priorities of its separate blocks, series, or issues of bonds issued hereunder, and may provide for the issuance of additional bonds in the future on a parity therewith pursuant to such procedure or restrictions as may be specified in such resolution. In the absence of such provision, if more than one series of bonds shall be issued hereunder payable from the same tax revenues, priority of lien on such revenues shall depend on the time of the delivery of such bonds, each series enjoying a lien prior and superior to that enjoyed by any series of bonds subsequently delivered, except that as to any issue or series of bonds which may be authorized as a unit but delivered from time to time in blocks, the authority may, in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of such bonds provide that all of the bonds, of such series or issue shall be co-equal as to lien regardless of the time of delivery; provided that nothing herein stated shall vest in any holder of bonds any right of lien or priority of any kind against any part of the tax revenues not pledged to the payment of the bonds by the proceedings authorizing the issuance thereof.

(2) Any resolution may contain such covenants with the future holder or holders of the bonds as to the tax revenues, the disposition of such revenues, the issuance of future bonds, and such other pertinent matters as may be deemed necessary by the authority to assure the marketability of such bonds, provided such covenants are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Section.

(3) Any resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds hereunder may contain such provisions to assure the enforcement, collection, and proper application of the tax revenues as the authority may think proper, where not inconsistent with the provisions of this Section, and when any bonds payable from the tax revenues shall have been issued, this Section, the ordinance, or other enactment of the authority imposing the tax and pursuant to which the tax is being collected, and the obligation of the authority to continue to levy, collect, and allocate the tax, and to apply the revenues derived therefrom in accordance with the provisions of said ordinance or other enactment, shall be irrevocable until such bonds have been paid in full as to principal and interest, and shall not be subject to amendment in any manner which would impair the rights of the holders from time to time of such bonds or which would in any way jeopardize the prompt payment of principal thereof or interest thereon.

I.(1)(i) All bonds issued hereunder shall be advertised for sale on sealed bids, in accordance with the law of Louisiana providing a uniform advertising procedure for securities of public entities required to be sold at public sale on sealed bids. The authority may reject any and all bids. If the bonds are not sold pursuant to the advertisement, they may be sold by the authority at private sale within sixty days after the date advertised for the reception of sealed bids, but no private sale shall occur if the negotiated bid is not better than the highest and best bid which shall have been received under the public bid process. If not so sold, the bonds shall be readvertised in the manner herein prescribed.

(ii) Bonds issued pursuant to this Section may also be issued as provided for in Chapter 13 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

(2) The proceeds derived from the sale of bonds issued hereunder shall be used exclusively by the issuer for the purpose or purposes authorized to be issued as provided for in Subsection D of this Section, but the purchasers of the bonds shall not be obligated to see to the application of proceeds.

J.(1) Before bonds are issued hereunder, the authority shall investigate and determine the regularity of the proceedings. The resolution authorizing the bonds may direct that they contain the following recital:

"It is certified that this bond is authorized by and is issued in conformity with the requirements of the constitution and statutes of this state."

(2) Such recital shall be deemed to be an authorized declaration of the authority and to import that there is constitutional and statutory authority for issuing the bonds and imposing the tax; that all the proceedings therefor are regular; that all acts, conditions, and things required to exist, happen, and be performed precedent to, and in the issuance of the bonds and imposition of the tax have existed, have happened, and have been performed in due time, form, and manner as required by law; that the amount of the bonds, together with all other indebtedness of the issuer does not exceed any limit or limits prescribed by the constitution or statutes of this state; and that the required notices have been duly and regularly given by publication in the manner required by law. If any bonds are issued containing the above recital, the same shall be construed according to the import herein declared, and it shall be conclusively presumed that the recital is true, and neither the authority nor any taxpayer shall be permitted to question the validity or regularity of the bonds, obligations, or tax in any court or in any action or proceeding.

K. After the time within which the validity of the bonds may be contested has elapsed as provided for in Subsection O of this Section, the bonds shall be registered with the secretary of state without charge, and shall have endorsed thereon a legend substantially as follows:

"Incontestable. Secured by a pledge and dedication of a sales and use tax in ___________________. Registered this _______ day of ___________, 20_____.

______________________________________

Secretary of State"

L. All bonds issued under the provisions of this Section and the interest thereon shall be exempt from all taxation in the state of Louisiana. The bonds may be used for deposit with any officer, board, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state of Louisiana in any case where deposit of security is required.

M.(1) The provisions of this Section shall be construed as cumulative authority for the exercise of the powers herein granted. The powers conferred by this Section shall not be affected or limited by any other provision of any statute of the state, and no provision, publication, election, or right of referendum shall be required or afforded in the performance of any act herein authorized to be done, including the imposition, collection, and application of the tax and issuance of bonds payable therefrom, except as herein otherwise specifically provided.

(2) However, in accomplishing the purposes and programs provided for in Subsection D of this Section, the authority is hereby authorized and empowered to utilize all types of securities, devices, procedures, and methods of borrowing or securing provided for tax revenues in Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 when issuing indebtedness and otherwise using the tax revenue provided for in this Section. The bonds issued may be funded, defeased, or otherwise utilized, and the tax revenues may be used in any manner according to any procedure provided for in that Title for authorities, provided that such use accomplishes the programs provided for in Subsection D of this Section.

N. Bonds issued hereunder shall have all the qualities of negotiable paper and shall constitute negotiable instruments under the negotiable instruments law of the state of Louisiana. They shall not be invalid for any irregularity or defect in the proceedings for the issuance and sale thereof and shall be incontestable in the hands of bona fide purchasers or holders for value.

O.(1) The resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds hereunder and pledging and dedicating tax revenues to the payment thereof shall be recorded in the mortgage records of the parish in which the issuer is located and shall be published in one issue of the official journal of the parish or municipality; however, it shall not be necessary to publish any exhibits to such resolution if the same are available for public inspection and such fact is stated in the publication. Within thirty days after the date of publication, any person in interest may contest the legality of the tax levied and of the resolution, any provisions in the resolution made for the security and payment of the bonds to be issued pursuant to it, and the validity of all other provisions and proceedings relating to the authorization and issuance of such bonds and the levy of the taxes. If no action or proceeding is instituted within the thirty days, no person shall have any cause of action to test the regularity, formality, legality, or effectiveness of the levy of the tax and of the resolution, any provisions of the bonds to be issued pursuant to the resolution, the provisions for the security and payment of the bonds, and the validity of all other provisions and proceedings relating to the authorization and issuance of the bonds and the levy of the tax, for any cause whatsoever and it shall be conclusively presumed that every legal requirement for the issuance of the bonds and the levy of the tax has been complied with and that the bonds and tax are legal. Thereafter, no court shall have authority to inquire into any of such matters.

(2) Any action or proceeding instituted by a person in interest or by the parish shall be in accord with the procedures of Part XVI of Chapter 32 of Title 13 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

P. No elected public official shall have any financial interest in any transaction involving any activity of the district or the authority, including but not limited to purchase of additional property; contracts or subcontracts for professional services, for other goods, services, materials, or supplies, or for construction; or leases with sports franchises.

Acts 1991, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 9, §1, eff. Aug. 6, 1991.

{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1991, 3RD EX. SESS., NO. 9, §§2 AND 3.}}
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4159.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4159.3
Customer billing; fixed rate; arbitration
Status: in_force

A. The board shall present every residential customer with the option of paying a fixed monthly rate for services. The fixed rate available to a customer shall be determined by calculating the average monthly cost of the customer's service based on his recent water meter readings, and the board shall notify each residential customer of the option for fixed rate billing and the amount that the customer would pay each month. A customer who selects the fixed rate option shall be billed the specified monthly amount until an automated meter is installed and operable at his residence.

B. There is hereby established an arbitration program applicable to customers who dispute their bills from the board. The program shall function in accordance with the following requirements:

(1) The legislative auditor and the New Orleans inspector general shall, acting together, appoint two arbiters for each councilmanic district in New Orleans, subject to confirmation by the city council. One arbiter from each district shall be appointed to serve on the residential arbitration team, and one arbiter from each district shall be appointed to serve on the commercial arbitration team.

(2) If a customer disputes a monthly bill or the fixed monthly rate offered pursuant to Subsection A of this Section, his case shall be referred to the appropriate arbitration team.

(3) Each arbitration team shall hold regularly scheduled appointment days at a public facility in each of the councilmanic districts to discuss cases with particular customers. Each team shall hold at least two appointment days per month in each councilmanic district. At least one member of the team shall meet with each customer in a private location at the public facility and shall review the evidence pertaining to the customer's dispute.

(4) Based on his review and consultation with the other arbiters of his team, an arbiter shall determine whether the bill amount or the proposed fixed rate amount is appropriate and, if not, what the appropriate amount or rate is.

(5) If the arbiter determines that the appropriate bill or rate amount is lower than what has been submitted to the customer, the arbiter shall notify the board, and the board shall lower the amount or rate to that which the arbiter has determined is appropriate.

(6) If the customer is dissatisfied with the determination of the arbiter, the customer may appeal to the city council as otherwise provided by law.

C. For purposes of this Section, "residential customer" refers to a customer who resides in a single family residence or multifamily residence with four or fewer units. "Commercial customer" refers to any customer that is not a residential customer.

Acts 2024, No. 393, §1, eff. May 28, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:383 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 383
Municipal elections; term of office; filling vacancies; officers holding over under new form of government
Status: in_force

A.(1) Except as otherwise provided by this Subsection and R.S. 33:383.2, municipal elections shall be held every four years on the date for municipal and ward elections in accordance with R.S. 18:402(D). The officers elected shall take office on the first day of July following their election and shall hold their office for four years.

(2)(a) Any municipality by ordinance of the governing authority may adopt a plan for holding municipal elections at the congressional elections in accordance with R.S. 18:402(C)(2). Any plan so adopted shall be filed with the secretary of state not less than one year prior to the opening of the qualifying period for the congressional primary election at which municipal officers shall be elected initially under the plan. This election shall be the first congressional primary election after termination of the terms of office to which municipal officers in office on the effective date of this Subsection were elected.

(b) No such plan shall be revocable by the governing authority.

(c) Any municipality that complies with the provisions of this Paragraph may hold municipal elections at the congressional elections in accordance with R.S. 18:402(C)(2).

(d) The officers elected shall take office on the first day of January following their election and shall hold their office for four years.

(3)(a) Any municipality by ordinance of the governing authority may adopt a plan for holding municipal elections at the gubernatorial election in accordance with R.S. 18:402. Any plan adopted pursuant to this Paragraph shall be filed with the secretary of state no later than January 12, 2027.

(b) No such plan shall be revocable by the governing authority of the municipality.

(c) Any municipality that complies with the provisions of this Paragraph may hold its municipal elections at the fall gubernatorial election in accordance with R.S. 18:402. The first election under the plan shall be held at the 2031 gubernatorial election.

(d) The officers elected under the plan shall take office on the first day of July following their election and shall hold their office for four years. However, the municipal officers of a municipality that complies with Subsection A of this Section who are elected at municipal elections held at the same time as the 2027 spring municipal election, as provided by R.S. 18:402, shall serve until their successors elected under the plan take office on July 1, 2032.

B. If no election is held on the day herein prescribed or if a vacancy in any municipal office elective by the people occurs or if an officer elected fails to qualify, such vacancy shall be filled in accordance with the provisions of Article VI, Section 13 of the Constitution of Louisiana or as otherwise provided by law.

C. Any vacancy in a municipal office to which the officer is elected or appointed by the mayor and board of aldermen may be filled for the term by the mayor and board of aldermen at any regular or special meeting.

D. Officers of a municipality who are in office when the municipality elects to come under the provisions of this Part under R.S. 33:322, shall retain their offices until the first election under this section, with the powers of like offices under this Part.

Amended by Acts 1970, No. 122, §1; Acts 1984, No. 829, §1, eff. July 13, 1984; Acts 1987, No. 413, §1; Acts 2003, No. 693, §1; Acts 2018, No. 395, §1, eff. May 22, 2018; Acts 2022, No. 402, §1; Acts 2025, No. 354, §2.

{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1984, NO. 829, §2.}}
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1228 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1228
Special meetings
Status: in_force

The president of a police jury shall call a meeting of the police jury whenever he is thereto required by twelve inhabitants, freeholders.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9664 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9664
Registration of lobbyists with the ethics board; compilation of information
Status: in_force

A. Each lobbyist shall register with the ethics board as soon as possible after employment as a lobbyist or after the first action requiring his registration as a lobbyist, whichever occurs first, and in any event not later than five days after employment as a lobbyist or not later than five days after the first action requiring his registration as a lobbyist, whichever occurs first. He shall electronically file with the ethics board using forms provided by it, the following information:

(1) His name and business address.

(2) The name and address of each person by whom he is employed and, if different, whose interests he represents, including the business in which that person is engaged.

(3)(a) The name of each person by whom he is paid or is to be paid, the amount he is paid or is to be paid for the purpose of lobbying, and a characterization of such payment as paid, earned but not received, or prospective.

(b) Amounts required to be disclosed pursuant to this Paragraph shall be reported by category of value. The categories shall be:

(i) Category I, $24,999 or less.

(ii) Category II, $25,000-$49,999.

(iii) Category III, $50,000-$99,999.

(iv) Category IV, $100,000-$249,999.

(v) Category V, $250,000 or more.

(4)(a) An indication of potential subject matter about which he anticipates lobbying.

(b) Indication of potential subject matters shall be made by choosing from the following potential subject matter categories:

(i) Aerospace and space technology.

(ii) Agriculture: horticulture; livestock; poultry.

(iii) Agriculture: forestry; timber.

(iv) Alcohol and other beverages.

(v) Arts and entertainment.

(vi) Aquaculture and fisheries.

(vii) Business and private and commercial enterprises.

(viii) Banking, financial, and accounting.

(ix) Charities and social services, faith-based organizations, and community outreach.

(x) Computers, hardware, software, and intellectual property.

(xi) Construction, contracting, and real estate.

(xii) Educational services: colleges; technical schools; trade schools.

(xiii) Environmental quality, conservation, and wildlife preservation.

(xiv) Gaming.

(xv) Government: local; municipal; parish; state; federal.

(xvi) Health care: hospitals; nursing homes; elderly care; hospice.

(xvii) Health care: physicians; nurse practitioners; nurses.

(xviii) Health care: pharmaceutical and medical devices; research; development; sales.

(xix) Homeland security.

(xx) Hotels, restaurants, and tourism.

(xxi) Insurance.

(xxii) International trade.

(xxiii) Law and lawyers.

(xxiv) Manufacturing: oil and gas; mining; refining; production; chemical industry.

(xxv) Manufacturing: wholesale.

(xxvi) Military and veterans affairs.

(xxvii) Public safety, police, and fire.

(xxviii) Telecommunications.

(xxix) Tobacco industry.

(xxx) Transportation.

(xxxi) Unions, labor issues, and special advocacy groups.

(xxxii) Utilities: electric; gas; water; nuclear.

(c) The unintentional omission of a potential subject matter as provided in this Paragraph shall not be a violation of this Chapter.

(5)(a) The identity of each elected local government official or spouse of an elected local government official with whom he or his employer or principal has or has had in the preceding twelve months a business relationship.

(b) For the purposes of this Paragraph,"business relationship" means any transaction or activity that is conducted or undertaken for profit and which arises from a joint ownership interest, partnership, or common legal entity between a lobbyist or his employer or principal and an elected local government official or spouse of an elected local government official when the elected local government official or spouse of the elected local government official owns ten percent or more of such interest, partnership, or legal entity.

(6) One copy of a two-inch-by-two-inch recent photograph of the registrant made within the prior six months shall be filed with the initial registration form.

B. At the time of the initial registration of a lobbyist, the ethics board shall assign the lobbyist a registration number, which number shall be inscribed on the registration form. This number shall be inscribed on each supplemental registration form, renewal form, and expenditure report filed by the lobbyist.

C. A registration shall expire on December thirty-first of each year unless the lobbyist submits a renewal on forms provided by the ethics board along with the appropriate fee. The registrant may file his renewal any time from December first until January thirty-first. Failure to file the renewal form by January thirty-first each year shall cause the registration to expire retroactively as of December thirty-first of the preceding year.

D.(1)(a) Within ten days of termination of a registrant's employment or representation of any person, the registrant shall file a supplemental registration with the ethics board acknowledging the termination of his employment or representation.

(b) The registrant shall not be required to file a supplemental registration pursuant to Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph if the termination of employment or representation occurs after December thirty-first and the lobbyist timely files his renewal form during the period provided in Subsection C of this Section and the renewal form accurately and completely lists the lobbyist's employment and representation as of the time the lobbyist files the renewal form.

(2) Each registrant who ceases activities requiring him to register shall file a supplemental registration with the ethics board acknowledging the termination of his lobbying activities.

(3) Each registrant who has terminated his registration must file disclosure reports for each reporting period during which he was registered.

E. The forms shall be published electronically by the ethics board. Registrations which have been filed shall be maintained by the ethics board and made available to the public via the Internet. The electronic filing by a lobbyist of any information required under this Section shall constitute a certification that the information is true and correct to the best of his knowledge, information, and belief and that no information required by this Chapter has been deliberately omitted.

F.(1) Whenever any information contained in his registration changes, or the lobbyist begins representing an additional person, a supplemental electronic registration shall be filed with the ethics board as soon as possible after such change occurs and in any event not later than five days after such change using forms provided by the ethics board.

(2) The lobbyist shall not be required to file a supplemental registration pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this Subsection if the lobbyist begins representing an additional person after December thirty-first and the lobbyist timely files his renewal form during the period provided in Subsection C of this Section and the renewal form accurately and completely lists the lobbyist's employment and representation as of the time the lobbyist files the renewal form.

G. Each lobbyist shall pay a fee of one hundred ten dollars with each registration and each renewal of registration form filed. No additional fee shall be paid for filing supplemental registration.

H. Any person who registers pursuant to this Chapter and who engages in lobbying on behalf of a foreign adversary as defined in R.S. 24:51 shall also register as provided in R.S. 24:53.1.

Acts 2010, No. 788, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011; Acts 2011, No. 190, §1, eff. Dec. 1, 2011; Acts 2016, No. 418, §2; Acts 2025, No. 394, §2, eff. Dec. 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4318 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4318
Disbursement of funds; operating funds established
Status: in_force

The funds derived from the operation and management of said systems shall be disbursed as follows:

(1) Between February 1st and January 31st of the following calendar year, there shall be set aside from time to time and as needed amounts sufficient to provide for the payment of the reasonable and necessary expenses of operating and maintaining the light, power and water systems. This fund shall be designated as the operation and maintenance fund. The commission shall adopt a budget of expenses for the operation of said systems and shall file same with the clerk of the municipality. This budget shall estimate as accurately as possible the amounts required to operate said systems per month. The clerk of the municipality shall pay and disburse the funds for operating and maintaining said systems according to said estimates. All checks drawn against said fund, other than payroll checks, as shown by the estimate filed with the clerk, shall be signed by the chairman or vice-chairman of the commission or by another member of the commission designated by the chairman or vice-chairman in their absence, and countersigned by the clerk of the municipality. All other bills payable from said fund shall be approved by the commission herein created, and after such approval shall be paid by check signed by the chairman or vice-chairman of the commission or by another member of the commission designated by the chairman or vice-chairman in their absence and countersigned by the clerk.

(2) After making provisions for the payment of the operating and maintenance expenses, as set forth in subsection (1), there shall be set aside in a fund now designated and carried as a bond and interest redemption fund the following:

Between February 1st and January 31st of the following calendar year, called the sinking fund year, an amount sufficient to pay all interest falling due on August 1st of each sinking fund year and all principal on bonds and interest thereon falling due on February 1st of the next succeeding sinking fund year on bonds payable therefrom. This payment shall be made monthly and, if possible, prior to the tenth day of each month.

(3) In addition to the amount required to be paid into the bond and interest redemption fund in each sinking fund year, under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, there shall be paid a sum equal to twenty percent of the amount required in the preceding paragraph into a fund known as the reserve account. Such payments shall continue to be made into the reserve account until such time as there is in said account an amount sufficient to pay the largest amount of principal and interest payable from the bond and interest redemption fund in any future sinking fund year. Thereafter, the money in the reserve account shall be retained solely for the purpose of paying the principal and interest on bonds payable from the bond and interest redemption fund as to which there will otherwise be a default. Money in the reserve account may be used to purchase bonds of the next maturing installment of principal, for not more than par and accrued interest to the next interest payment date.

(4) From the revenues remaining in each sinking fund year after payments have been made into the operation and maintenance fund and into the bond and redemption fund, there shall be set aside in a fund to be known as the renewal and replacement fund a sum equivalent to five percent of the gross revenues derived from the operation of the systems in the preceding sinking fund year.

Money placed in this fund shall be used for the payment of the principal and interest on the bonds when money available for such purposes in the bond and interest redemption fund is not sufficient and default would occur if such money were not so used. Money in such renewal and replacement fund may also be used for the purposes of making major renewals, replacements, extensions, and improvements to the systems, the cost of which is not properly chargeable as a maintenance and operation expense. The funds required by the resolution of the mayor and board of aldermen of the municipality in connection with the several revenue bond issues heretofore adopted shall be kept, and the provisions in said resolutions shall be faithfully carried out, and this commission shall be without authority to change said provisions or accounts, or to use the funds required to be placed in said accounts, except for the purposes and under the terms and conditions therein set forth. The provisions contained in the several revenue bond resolutions of the mayor and municipality heretofore adopted shall be superior to and shall supersede any and all provisions in this ordinance contrary thereto.

(5) The commission may create a separate fund or funds to be known as improvement and depreciation fund or funds, and to place therein such money in such amounts and at such time as the commission itself may desire and determine, and as the funds received from the operation of said plants will reasonably authorize and permit. These funds can only be used for improvements to the systems or for the payment of the principal and interest on any outstanding bonds, certificates of indebtedness, or other obligations payable from the revenue of said plants.

(6) After providing for the above accounts and payments to be made therefrom, and after complying with all of the provisions of the resolutions of the mayor and the board of aldermen adopted in connection with the issuance and sale of bonds, certificates of indebtedness, and other evidences of debt, and making provision for the payment of all debts and charges properly and legally chargeable against the revenues derived from said system, and after making further provisions for the expansion, improvement, addition to or repairs required by such systems, the remaining funds shall be paid monthly to the clerk of the municipality for general fund purposes. This payment shall be made only after it is authorized by the commission, and upon check signed by the chairman or vice-chairman of the commission, or by another member of the commission designated by the chairman or the vice-chairman in their absence, and countersigned by the clerk. All of these remaining funds and revenues derived from said plants may, by agreement, between the mayor and board of aldermen and this commission be used for the improvement, expansion, and additions to the water and electric power systems, or for any other purpose in connection with the efficient operation and management of said plants, and the acquisition of any additional plants or extensions, to the end that the present and future demands and requirements of the municipality may be adequately provided for and secured.

Acts 1972, No. 598, §7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4321 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4321
Refunding or refinancing of bonds secured by income and revenues of public utility
Status: in_force

Any municipal corporation (the city of New Orleans excepted), or other political subdivisions which have issued, or may issue bonds for the purpose of constructing, acquiring, extending or improving any revenue producing public utility under the provisions of Sub-parts B and C of Part I of this Chapter, may for the purpose of refunding or refinancing the bonds outstanding and without submitting the matter to a vote in the municipality or political subdivision, issue bonds secured in the manner set forth in the statute under which the bonds being refunded or refinanced were originally issued.

Amended by Acts 1962, No. 261, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9666 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9666
Lobbyist expenditure reports
Status: in_force

A. Each lobbyist registered under the provisions of this Chapter shall file with the ethics board, in the manner prescribed by the ethics board by rule in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter, a report of all expenditures incurred for the purpose of lobbying.

B. A report shall be filed monthly. The report for each month shall be filed by the twenty-fifth day of the following month.

C.(1) The report shall be electronically filed using forms provided by the ethics board in a format suitable for use on the database required by R.S. 33:9667(4). The electronic filing by a lobbyist of any report required under this Section shall constitute a certification that the information contained in the report is true and correct to the best of his knowledge, information, and belief; that no reportable expenditures have been made that are not included therein as required by law; and that no information required by this Chapter has been deliberately omitted.

(2) A lobbyist shall retain records that document all reports made pursuant to this Chapter for no less than three years.

D.(1) Each report shall include the following:

(a) A listing of each subject matter lobbied during each reporting period pursuant to R.S. 33:9664(A)(4).

(b) The total of all expenditures made during each reporting period aggregated in the manner prescribed by the ethics board by rule.

(c) The aggregate total of expenditures attributable to an individual local government official during each reporting period, including the name of the local government official and his local government agency.

(d) The aggregate total of expenditures attributable to the spouse or minor child of a local government official during each reporting period. The name of the spouse or minor child shall not be included. The aggregate total of such expenditures shall be reported as follows:

"The aggregate total of expenditures attributable to the spouse of (insert name of local government official) was (insert aggregate total of expenditures).

The aggregate total of expenditures attributable to the minor child or children of (insert name of local government official) was (insert aggregate total of expenditures)."

(e) The aggregate total of expenditures for all reporting periods during the same calendar year, aggregated in the manner prescribed by the ethics board by rule.

(f) The aggregate total of all expenditures attributable to an individual local government official for all reporting periods during the same calendar year, including the name of the local government official and his local government agency.

(g) The aggregate total of all expenditures attributable to the spouse or minor child of a local government official for all reporting periods during the same calendar year. The name of the spouse or minor child shall not be included. The aggregate total of such expenditures shall be reported as follows:

"The aggregate total of expenditures attributable to the spouse of (insert name of local government official) for all reporting periods during the year was (insert aggregate total of expenditures).

The aggregate total of expenditures attributable to the minor child or children of (insert name of local government official) for all reporting periods during the year was (insert aggregate total of expenditures)."

(2) For the purposes of this Section, the aggregate amount or any per occasion amount attributable to a local government official or spouse or minor child of a local government official shall not include any expenditure which is otherwise required to be reported in Paragraph (E)(1) of this Section or which is exempt as provided in Paragraph (E)(2) or (3) of this Section.

E.(1) Each report shall include a statement of the expenditure for each reception, social gathering, or other function to which more than twenty-five local government officials are invited. Any report of such amount shall include the name of the group or groups invited and the date and location of the reception, social gathering, or other function.

(2) Any expenditure, as defined in this Chapter, for any reception or social gathering sponsored in whole or in part by a lobbyist, individually or on behalf of a principal he represents, held in conjunction with a meeting of a national or regional organization of local government officials shall be exempt from the provisions of this Chapter.

(3) Any expenditure for any meal or refreshment consumed by or offered to a local government official which is incidental to the local government official giving a speech, being a member of a panel, or otherwise being involved in an informational presentation to a group shall be exempt from the provisions of this Chapter.

F.(1)(a) Any expenditures by a lobbyist's principal or employer made in the presence of the lobbyist shall be reported by the lobbyist as provided in this Chapter.

(b) Any lobbyist's principal or employer who makes direct expenditures required to be reported pursuant to this Chapter shall timely furnish its lobbyist information about such expenditures as necessary for compliance with this Chapter. Such information shall be furnished to the lobbyist no later than two business days after the close of each reporting period.

(c) Any lobbyist's principal or employer who makes direct expenditures required to be reported pursuant to this Chapter who fails to provide its lobbyist the information regarding such expenditures as provided in Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph shall be required to register as a lobbyist pursuant to this Chapter and shall be subject to penalties for violations of this Chapter.

(2)(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Chapter to the contrary, a lobbyist's principal or employer may opt to file reports required by this Section in the manner prescribed by the ethics board by rule on behalf of all of the lobbyists who represent such principal's or employer's interests. If a lobbyist's principal or employer opts to file such reports, the principal or employer shall notify the ethics board no later than January thirty-first of each year, and such option shall be effective for the reporting of all expenditures made during that calendar year. The notification shall include a listing of all persons on whose behalf the lobbyist's principal or employer is filing the reports required by this Section.

(b) Any lobbyist whose principal or employer opts pursuant to this Paragraph to file the reports required by this Section shall timely furnish its principal or employer all information about expenditures as necessary for compliance with this Chapter. Such information shall be furnished to the principal or employer no later than two business days after the close of each reporting period.

(c) Any lobbyist's principal or employer who opts pursuant to this Paragraph to file the reports required by this Section who fails to file or timely file such reports shall be liable for and subject to any applicable late fees or penalties, or both, for violations of this Chapter.

Acts 2010, No. 788, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4545.4.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4545.4.1
Alternate directors
Status: in_force

In addition to the appointment of a director by the mayor of each municipality that becomes a member, the mayor of each such municipality may also appoint an alternate director to the board of directors of the authority, which appointment is also subject to approval by the governing authority of said municipality. Each such alternate director shall have the same qualifications and shall serve for the same term as the director from the same municipality, and such alternate shall have the same rights, duties, powers and responsibilities as the director. However, an alternate director may act as director at meetings only in the absence of the director from the same municipality, and an alternate director may not serve as an officer of the board of directors of the authority. Any alternate director shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority, and the procedure for removing an alternate director shall be the same as is required for removing a director.

Acts 1988, No. 520, §1, eff. July 8, 1988.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4710.11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4710.11
Creation
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created the Ernest N. Morial-New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority, hereafter in this Chapter referred to as the "authority", which is created as a body politic and corporate and political subdivision of the state. The territorial limits and territorial jurisdiction of the authority shall be the entire parish of Orleans, including but not limited to the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center-New Orleans, referred to in this Chapter as the "convention center".

B. The domicile of the authority shall be in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana.

C. The purpose for which the authority is created is to acquire, construct, reconstruct, extend, improve, maintain, and operate projects within the city of New Orleans, subject to the zoning and other applicable ordinances of the city of New Orleans, except as to the Poydras Street Wharf and other properties under the administration of the board of commissioners of the Port of New Orleans, in order to promote the economic growth and development of the city and its neighboring parishes.

D.(1) As used in this Chapter, the word "project" or "projects" has the meaning provided in R.S. 33:4710.24.

(2) Any lease with respect to the Convention Center Headquarters Hotel Project, which means a convention center hotel with a multi-story garage and bridge connecting the hotel and the south end of the convention center, shall provide for a payment in lieu of ad valorem taxes by the lessee thereof during the term of such lease; such payment shall be calculated based on the number of rooms in the Convention Center Headquarters Hotel Project, multiplied by the average per-room tax assessment for the prior year of the three hotels that have the highest number of rooms, that are not the subject of any ad valorem tax exemption, abatement, or other reduction, and that are located within the area of downtown New Orleans bounded on the east by Iberville Street, on the west by Calliope Street, on the north by Claiborne Avenue, and on the south by the Mississippi River, the "base rate". Such payments shall be in the amounts as follows:

(a) Beginning in the first calendar year after the hotel is open to the public, a payment equal to forty-five percent of the base rate.

(b) In the second calendar year after the hotel is open to the public, a payment equal to sixty-five percent of the base rate.

(c) In the third calendar year after the hotel is open to the public, a payment equal to eighty-five percent of the base rate.

(d) In the fourth calendar year after the hotel is open to the public and thereafter, a payment equal to one hundred percent of the base rate.

(3) In connection with any development by the authority, other than with respect to the Convention Center Headquarters Hotel Project, that constitutes or includes a joint project involving a private entity, whether through a lease or other public-private partnership structure, on land owned by the authority or any other tax exempt entity, the authority shall use reasonable efforts to require, in the contract of lease or other agreement, that the private entity pay ad valorem taxes on any improvements constructed in connection with such development and a payment for the applicable property calculated and paid as set forth in this Paragraph. However, in the absence of provision for such payment, the contract of lease or other agreement shall provide for an annual payment in lieu of ad valorem taxes by the private entity during the term of such lease or other agreement, such payment to be in an amount equal to the amount of ad valorem taxes which the private entity would have been obligated to pay had it been the owner of the property and improvements during the term of such lease or other agreement. The amount of each annual payment in lieu of taxes shall be the applicable ad valorem tax rate applied against the assessed value of the property and improvements, as determined by the parish assessor; however, if the parish assessor fails or refuses to determine the assessed value of the property and improvements, the amount of each annual payment in lieu of taxes shall be the applicable ad valorem tax rate applied against the appraised value of the property and improvements, as determined by a Member Appraisal Institute appraiser retained by the authority.

(4) Any payment in lieu of ad valorem taxes as provided by this Subsection shall be paid to the local taxing authorities, through the normal collecting agency, and, to the extent they do not in the aggregate exceed the amount of ad valorem taxes that would be paid if the lessee were the owner, shall constitute statutory impositions within the meaning of Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

Acts 2019, No. 172, §1; Acts 2025, No. 178, §1, eff. June 8, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4578 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4578
Acadia Community Center District
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created the Ward 4 of Acadia Parish Community Center District. The district shall consist of the entire area within Ward 4 of Acadia Parish, including any municipalities in such ward. The district is created for the purposes of building and operating a community center within the district.

B.(1) The control and management of the affairs of the district shall be vested in a board of commissioners that is hereby created. The board shall consist of ten members charged with administering the activities of the district. All members of the commission shall be qualified voters and residents of the district. Commissioners shall be appointed by the Acadia Parish governing authority in such a manner as to provide broad representation of the communities within the district.

(2) The members of the commission shall be appointed for terms of four years, except for those initially appointed. Of those initially appointed, three members shall be appointed for two years, three members for three years, and four members for four years; the length of the term for each individual appointed shall be determined by lot at the initial meeting of the board. The members shall serve until their successors have been appointed and qualified. The commissioners shall elect from their number a chairman, vice chairman, and secretary-treasurer. The commissioners shall serve without compensation. No elected public official shall be eligible for appointment to the commission.

(3) All vacancies occurring on the commission shall be filled in the manner of the original appointment. Unexpired terms shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term.

(4) A majority of the membership of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. No contracts shall be approved or financial obligations incurred by less than a majority of the board of commissioners.

C.(1) 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.

(2) The district may be sued at its domicile and service of citation made on the president, and in his absence, upon the vice president, and in his absence, upon the secretary.

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

(1) To acquire, purchase, lease as lessee, and hold and use any property, movable or immovable, tangible or intangible, or any interest therein necessary or desirable for carrying out the purposes of the district, and to sell, lease as lessor, transfer, and dispose of any property or interest therein at any time acquired by it.

(2) To acquire by purchase, lease, or otherwise and to construct, develop, maintain, and operate a community center and the programs and events undertaken therein.

(3) To enter into agreements with any persons, corporations, associations, or other entities, including public corporations, political subdivisions, the United States government and agencies thereof, the state of Louisiana or any of its agencies, or any combination thereof, for the operation or use of any or all properties and facilities of the district.

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

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

(6) To adopt bylaws for the management and regulation of its affairs and for the regulation and control of its facilities, programs, and activities.

(7) To accept gifts, grants, and donations of property and money. Title to immovable property acquired shall reside with the Ward 4 of Acadia Parish Community Center District.

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

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

(10) To levy and collect annual ad valorem taxes to the extent permitted by law. Ad valorem taxes may be levied at a rate not to exceed fifteen mills. Any such tax shall be used solely for the acquisition, construction, development, maintenance, operation, and administration of the facilities of the district and shall be subject to approval by a majority of the electors of the district voting at an election called by the district and held for that purpose. The taxes, when levied, shall be from year to year or for such period of years in accordance with the proposition authorizing the imposition of such taxes. The district, upon its own initiative, may call a special election and submit to the qualified electors of the district the question of authorizing the levy of such a tax. The district shall call such a special election when requested to do so by petition in writing signed by one-fourth of the qualified electors eligible to vote at such election. These taxes shall be levied, assessed, and collected on the property within the district under the same methods, terms, and conditions and at the same time as parish and district taxes are levied, assessed, and collected.

(11) To grant total or partial exemptions from any tax, subject to approval by a majority of the electors of the district voting at an election. Any such exemption shall be stated in the proposition authorizing the imposition of said tax.

(12) To govern, manage, and direct the community center and associated facilities, to lay out, regulate, improve, and beautify the same, to pass ordinances for the regulation and government thereof, to appoint and employ such architects, engineers, surveyors, clerks, and others as may be necessary, to prescribe and define their respective duties and authority, the amount of their compensation, and generally all things in regard to the powers herein granted.

(13) To acquire or lease lands, and to acquire, lease, construct, and maintain buildings, within the corporate limits of such body, for the community center, and when the governing body of such political subdivision dedicates, sets apart, acquires, constructs, or leases land or buildings for such purposes, it may, on its own initiative, provide for their equipment, maintenance, and conduct, according to the provisions set forth herein.

(14) To accept any grant or device of real estate, or any gift or bequest of money or other personal property, or any donations to be applied, principal, or income for either temporary or permanent use for the community center.

(15) The district, when authorized to do so by a vote of a majority of the electors residing in the district qualified to vote and voting at an election held for such purpose, is authorized to incur debt for any of its lawful purposes and issue in its name negotiable bonds or notes for such purposes in accordance with Chapter 4 and Part IV of Chapter 11 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and all other applicable provisions of law. The district may pledge for the payment of the principal and interest of such negotiable bonds or notes the revenues derived from the operation of properties and facilities maintained and operated by it or received by the district from any taxes authorized by this Section or from other sources; however, the amount of such bonds or notes outstanding at any one time shall not exceed twenty million dollars. Such bonds, when authorized to be issued, shall constitute a general obligation of the district, to which the full faith and credit of the district shall be and is hereby pledged. In addition to the pledge of revenues to secure said bonds and notes, the district may further secure their payment by conventional mortgage upon any or all of the properties constructed, or acquired, or to be constructed and acquired by it. The district also may receive, by gift, grant, donation, or otherwise, any sum of money, aid, or assistance from the United States, the state of Louisiana, or any political subdivision thereof, and unless otherwise provided by the terms of such gift, grant, or donation in its discretion, may pledge all or any part of such monies for the further securing of the payment of the principal and interest of its bonds or notes.

E. If no community center has been approved or developed, in accordance with the procedures prescribed in this Section, within ten years from and after January 1, 1998, all power and authority conferred hereby shall lapse, the district shall be dissolved, and all power and authority incident thereto shall become null and void as a matter of law; however, in such event, all obligations, contractual or otherwise, incurred by the district during its existence shall survive and shall be fully enforceable in accordance with their terms.

Acts 1997, No. 1079, §1, eff. July 14, 1997.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3690.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3690.7
Levy of local or special assessment
Status: in_force

Upon receipt of the statement or report referred to in R.S. 33:3690.6, the Jefferson Parish council shall adopt an ordinance levying a local or special assessment on each lot or parcel of real estate abutting the street or road to be improved owned by those property owners who have not paid in cash their pro rata share of the cost of such improvements, in proportion that the frontage of each such lot or parcel of real estate bears to the total frontage of all the abutting lots or parcels of real estate to be improved, in accordance with the cost of the improvements as shown on said certified statement or report. The total of the amounts paid by the other property owners in cash and of the said local or special assessments shall represent the total cost of the improvements, including street intersections, engineer's and attorney's fees, if any, and all other costs incidental to the work.

Acts 1962, No. 256, §7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4579 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4579
Assumption Parish; recreational vehicle parks; parking and use tax
Status: in_force

A.(1) In addition to any other tax levied and collected, the governing authority of Assumption Parish may levy and collect a parking and use tax within any recreational vehicle park located within the parish. The tax shall not exceed four dollars and ninety cents per rented parking space per day.

(2)(a) The term "recreational vehicle" shall be defined by ordinance of the parish governing authority.

(b) The term "recreational vehicle park" as used in this Section shall mean and include any commercial establishment providing space and utilities in order to accommodate recreational vehicles on a temporary, overnight basis.

(3) The person who parks or is entitled to park a recreational vehicle in an allotted parking space shall pay the tax at the time the rent or fee for parking is paid. "Person" as used in this Paragraph shall have the same definition as that contained in R.S. 47:301.

B. The governing authority of Assumption Parish shall impose the parking and use tax by ordinance. The governing authority may adopt such ordinance only after a proposition authorizing the levy of the tax has been approved by a majority of the electors of the parish voting at an election held for that purpose in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code. The governing authority may provide in the ordinance necessary and appropriate rules and regulations for the imposition, collection, and enforcement of the tax.

C. The governing authority may enter into a contract with any public entity authorized to collect sales or use taxes, under such terms and conditions as it may deem appropriate including payment of a reasonable collection fee, for the collection of the parking tax authorized by this Section. The parking and use tax shall be in addition to all taxes levied within the parish.

D. Except as provided in Subsection C of this Section, the governing authority of the parish shall deposit the proceeds of the tax into the general fund of the parish.

Acts 2019, No. 59, §1, eff. July 1, 2019.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.54 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.54
Public hearing
Status: in_force

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

Acts 1962, No. 123, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1246.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1246.1
Object of the districts
Status: in_force

The objects and purposes of the ambulance service districts and the governing bodies created under the provisions of this Chapter shall be to own and operate ambulances for the care and transportation of persons suffering from illnesses or disabilities which require that patients receive ambulance care.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 369, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9097.11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9097.11
Westminster Pine Park Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District
Status: in_force

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

B. Boundaries. The district shall be comprised of the area of the parish of East Baton Rouge, lying within the following perimeter: starting on the northwest corner of the edge of Lot 1 of Westminster Subdivision and proceeding in an easterly direction along the southern side of Jefferson Highway to the northeast corner of Lot 9 of Pine Park Subdivision then proceeding south along the eastside of Pine Park Drive to the southeast corner turning west at Lot 41 of Pine Park Subdivision continuing on the southern side of Norfolk Drive and proceeding west to Lot 423 of Westminster Subdivision then proceeding north on the west side of Drusilla Lane thus continuing to the northwest corner of the Westminster Subdivision to Lot 1 thus defining a district enclosing and consisting of 610 lots within the Westminster and Pine Park Subdivisions which shall be considered part of the Westminster Pine Park Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Improvement District.

C. Purposes. The purposes of the district shall be to aid in crime prevention by increased law enforcement and security patrols within the district and to provide for the maintenance and improvement of areas within the district.

D. Governance. (1) The district shall be governed by a board of commissioners consisting of members appointed as follows:

(a) Two members appointed by the Westminster Pine Park Civic Association.

(b) One member appointed by the East Baton Rouge Parish Metropolitan Council member representing the area which comprises the district.

(c) One member appointed by the mayor-president of East Baton Rouge Parish.

(d) One member appointed by the member or members of the Louisiana House of Representatives who represent the area which comprises the district.

(2) All members of the board shall reside within the district and be registered voters in the district.

(3) The terms of the members shall be as follows:

(a) The members appointed pursuant to Subparagraph (1)(a) of this Subsection shall serve for two years.

(b) The members appointed pursuant to Subparagraphs (1)(b), (c), and (d) of this Subsection shall serve for three years.

(4) 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.

(5) The members of the board shall serve without compensation or reimbursement of expenses.

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 in Subsection G of this Section.

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

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

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

F. Parcel fee. The governing authority of East Baton Rouge Parish 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)(a) The fee shall be imposed on each improved parcel located within the district.

(b) For the purposes of this Section, a parcel shall be defined as a lot, a subdivided portion of ground, or an individual tract on which a residential or commercial structure is situated.

(2) The amount of the fee shall be as requested by duly adopted resolution of the governing authority of the district; however, the fee shall not exceed one hundred thirty dollars per parcel per year.

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

(4)(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 voting on the proposition at an election held in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code.

(b) The fee shall expire at the time provided in the proposition authorizing the fee, which shall not be more than ten years after its imposition, but may be renewed as provided in Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph. If renewed, the term of the imposition of the fee shall be as provided in the proposition authorizing such renewal, not to exceed ten years.

(5) The fee shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ad valorem taxes are collected by the sheriff, as ex officio tax collector, of East Baton Rouge Parish. The sheriff shall collect and remit to the district all amounts collected not more than sixty days after collection. He shall retain the same commission as he receives for the collection of ad valorem taxes.

(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. 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 submitted to the East Baton Rouge Metropolitan 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 and security personnel and their services provided for through the fees authorized herein shall be supplemental to and not in lieu of personnel and services provided in the district by the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office or the Baton Rouge City Police.

(2) 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 law enforcement purposes in the area which comprised the district.

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

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

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

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

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

Acts 2010, No. 708, §1, eff. June 29, 2010; Acts 2020, No. 189, §1, eff. June 11, 2020.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2555.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2555.1
Recruit and recruit period
Status: in_force

A. Each person selected for appointment to an entry level position in the classified service from the competitive firefighter, firefighter/operator, or police officer employment list who has demonstrated successful completion of formal training as provided in Subsection D of this Section prior to such appointment shall immediately begin the working test.

B.(1) Any person selected for appointment to an entry level position in the classified service from the competitive firefighter, firefighter/operator, or police officer employment list who has not demonstrated successful completion of formal training as provided in Subsection D of this Section prior to such appointment shall be employed by the appointing authority and reported to the board as a recruit and, whenever practical or possible, shall immediately begin such formal training.

(2) The formal training shall be provided for through the appointing authority, and the period for such formal training shall be for the duration of not more than six months from the date of appointment. The formal training period shall conclude six months from the date of original appointment or upon the successful completion of the formal training, whichever occurs first, at which time the working test shall commence.

(3) The appointing authority shall, within fifteen days, advise the board of the appointment of the recruit as a probational firefighter, probational firefighter/operator, or probational police officer as the case may be.

C. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require that a newly appointed firefighter, firefighter/operator, or police officer be terminated should he fail to enroll in or complete formal training within the six-month formal training period.

D.(1) Successful completion of formal training as required by this Section for a position in the classification of firefighter or firefighter/operator shall be demonstrated by certification as Firefighter I in accordance with National Fire Protection Association Standard 1001.

(2) Successful completion of formal training as required by this Section for a position in the classification of police officer shall be demonstrated by certification from a peace officer standards and training accredited training program as provided by R.S. 40:2405(A).

Acts 2013, No. 331, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3742 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3742
Damages resulting from change of grade of streets
Status: in_force

In suits against municipalities for damages resulting from the change or alteration of the grade of streets or the disturbance of the natural contour of the ground, the damages to be paid to the owners of abutting property shall be determined after deduction has been made of all special benefits and the enhancement in value of the particular property so damaged by the performance of the public work.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4770.16 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4770.16
Intent of powers
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this Subpart is or shall be construed as a restriction or a limitation upon any other powers had and possessed by the city or any of its departments. This Subpart is cumulative and in addition to any such powers. This Subpart does and shall be construed to provide a complete and additional method for the performance of things authorized hereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws, including those for nuisance abatement as set forth in Part I of Chapter 32 of Title 13 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

Acts 2003, No. 546, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4341.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4341.1
Hospital Service District No. 1 of Terrebonne Parish; exception
Status: in_force

The sale or lease of Terrebonne General Medical Center by the governing authority of Hospital Service District No. 1 of Terrebonne Parish shall be in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 46:1064.1.

Acts 1997, No. 1083, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4780.62 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4780.62
Creation of districts; powers of authority; uniform regulations within district
Status: in_force

A. For any and all of the purposes set forth in R.S. 33:4780.61, the parish governing authority may divide the parish into districts of such number, shape, and area as may be deemed best suited to carry out such purposes.

B. Within the districts so created, the parish governing authority may regulate and restrict the erection, construction, alteration, or use of buildings, structures, or land.

C. All such regulations shall be uniform for each class or kind of land and structure throughout each district; however, the regulations of one district may differ from those in other districts.

Acts 2007, No. 186, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:7704 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 7704
Notice of intention to create; public hearing; boundaries
Status: in_force

Before any such consolidated special service district is finally created, the governing authority of the parish shall publish in the official journal of the parish at least once not less than fifteen days prior to the date of the hearing a notice of its intention to create the district and fixing a date for the holding of a public hearing at which all persons interested may be heard on the question of the advisability of creating the consolidated district. The notice of hearing shall set forth the proposed name and boundaries of the district, list the districts to be so consolidated, define the boundaries of any territory not then within the boundaries of an existing district of the same type which territory is proposed to be included in the consolidated district, state the amount of outstanding indebtedness of each district to be consolidated, and the time and place fixed for the hearing. Upon conclusion of the hearing, the governing authority, in its discretion, may proceed to create the consolidated district with boundaries as set out in the notice of intention or may refrain from creating the consolidated district.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 94, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9039.35 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9039.35
Sale of real estate within a district; required disclosure to purchaser
Status: in_force

Subsequent to the establishment of a district under this Chapter, each contract for the initial sale of a parcel of immovable property and each contract for the initial sale of a residential unit within the district shall include, immediately prior to the space reserved in the contract for the signature of the purchaser, the following disclosure statement in boldfaced and conspicuous type which is larger than the type in the remaining text of the contract: "THE (Name of District) COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT MAY IMPOSE AND LEVY ASSESSMENTS ON THIS PROPERTY. THESE ASSESSMENTS PAY THE CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE COSTS OF CERTAIN PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES OF THE DISTRICT AND ARE SET ANNUALLY BY THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE DISTRICT. THESE ASSESSMENTS ARE IN ADDITION TO PARISH AND OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS AND ALL OTHER TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS PROVIDED FOR BY LAW."

Acts 2001, No. 992, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2624 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2624
Collection of tax
Status: in_force

The taxes authorized in this Sub-part to be assessed shall be levied and collected in accordance with existing laws.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2027 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2027
Board of trustees of fund
Status: in_force

The board shall be a corporate body politic and shall be composed of:

(1) The mayor or chief executive of the municipality.

(2) The clerk or secretary of the municipality.

(3) The chief of the fire department.

(4) Two active firemen, appointed by the mayor or chief executive with the advice and consent of his council.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2399 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2399
Duties of the director
Status: in_force

A. The director shall be the executive and administrative head of the department of city civil service and shall direct and supervise all its administrative and technical activities. In addition to the duties imposed upon him elsewhere in this Part, he shall:

(1) Attend all meetings of the commission, act as its secretary, and keep minutes of its proceedings.

(2) Establish and maintain a roster of all employees in the city service, in which shall be set forth, as to each employee, the class title of the position held, the salary or pay, any change in class title, pay or status, and any other necessary data.

(3) Appoint, by and with the consent of the commission, under the provisions of this Part, such employees of the department, and experts and special assistants necessary to carry out the provisions of this Part.

(4) Develop, in cooperation with appointing authorities and others, training and educational programs for employees in the city service.

(5) Investigate, from time to time, the operation and effect of this Part, and of the rules, and report his findings and recommendations to the commission and to the mayor.

(6) Make and publish annual reports regarding the work of the department, and such special reports as he considers desirable, to the commission and to the mayor.

(7) Perform any other acts and functions which he considers necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Part, or which he is directed to perform by the commission.

B. The director may designate an employee of the department to act as his deputy. In case of the absence of the director or his inability from any cause to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the powers and duties shall devolve upon his deputy.

C. The director may select officers or employees in the city service to act as examiners in the preparation and rating of tests. An appointing authority shall excuse any employee in his division from his regular duties for the time required for his work as an examiner. Officers and employees shall not be entitled to extra pay for their service as examiners, but shall be entitled to reimbursement for necessary traveling and other expenses.

D. The director may, for the purpose of assisting in the examination of candidates for positions of high responsibility and positions requiring unusual qualities or qualifications, retain the services of persons from within or without the state who, because of their experience or for other reason, have special acquaintance with the qualities or qualifications requisite for such positions.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4109 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4109
New Orleans; construction of drainage works
Status: in_force

Upon receipt of a certified copy of the decree of the district court, or the decree as affirmed or amended upon appeal if any appeal is taken therefrom, the sewerage and water board shall publish a notice in a daily newspaper published in the city of New Orleans and in such other publications as it deems advisable inviting sealed bids for the construction of the proposed drainage works. Such notice shall be published once a week for three successive weeks, the first publication to be not less than thirty days prior to the date fixed for the receipt of the bids.

The board shall meet at the time and place fixed for the receipt of such bids, and shall award a contract or contracts for the construction of the drainage works to the lowest and best responsible bidder or bidders. Said board shall thereupon by resolution determine the total cost of the drainage works, including engineering, legal, financial and other expenses incident thereto, which total cost, less stated percentage to be borne by the sewerage and water board, shall not exceed the total benefits as fixed by the court's decree; the percentage of such cost to be borne by the sewerage and water board and the remaining percentage which is to be assessed against the property in the defined drainage area. Such resolution shall also set forth each parcel of land in the drainage area and the amount to be assessed against each parcel of land which shall be in proportion to the benefits assessed in the court decree and not in excess thereof. The amounts assessed against the several parcels of land in the drainage area shall be payable, at the option of each property owner, in one lump sum as hereinafter provided or in annual installments commencing at such time and running for such period of years, not less than ten nor more than fifteen as the sewerage and water board shall determine by resolution.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 167, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.602 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.602
Creation of authority; territorial jurisdiction
Status: in_force

A.(1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any two or more municipalities in the parish of Madison may, upon their own joint initiative, create by local services agreement and intergovernmental contract a special district for industrial, commercial, tourism, and economic development purposes which shall be designated by such name as the municipalities designate; and which shall be governed by a board of commissioners of not less than six members. The mayors of each of the contracting municipalities shall be ex officio members of the board and each municipality, by vote of the governing authority of such municipality, shall appoint one member to the board who shall be a member of the city council or the board of aldermen. The president of the police jury for the parish shall be an ex officio member of the board and the police jury for the parish shall appoint one member to the board who shall be a member of the police jury.

(2) The members' terms shall coincide with their terms of office as mayor, alderman, city council member, police jury president, or police jury member, as the case may be.

(3) In the event that an appointed member should cease to serve as a member of the commission by reason of death, resignation or otherwise, the governing authority which appointed the member shall within thirty days appoint a successor to fill the vacancy, which successor shall be a member of the governing authority appointing the successor. If a mayor or police jury president ceases to be a member by reason of death, resignation, or otherwise, the mayor pro tem or the police jury president pro tem, as the case may be, shall act in his or her place until a successor mayor or police jury president is elected or appointed who shall then fill the position.

(4) Any member of the commission may be removed by the party which has appointed him, but only for cause and on charges preferred against him in writing and after public hearing; provided that any member so removed shall have the right to appeal his removal to a court of competent jurisdiction within ten days of the decision of the appointing authority ordering his removal.

(5) The members of the commission shall serve without compensation and shall have the power to organize and reorganize executive, clerical, and other departments of the authority and to fix the duties, powers, and compensation of all officers, agents, and employees of the authority. The commission may reimburse any member for expenses actually incurred in the performance of his duties hereunder.

(6) The members shall elect from the membership a president and secretary-treasurer whose duties shall be those usual to such offices.

(7) The commission shall meet in regular session at least once a year or more often as set by vote of the commission and shall also meet in special session as often as the president of the commission convenes them or on written request of two members. Four members of the commission shall constitute a quorum; however, a member may be represented at any meeting by his designee who shall have all powers of a member at such meeting. The authority shall be domiciled in the parish of Madison and maintain suitable offices in such parish.

B. The authority is hereby declared to constitute 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. Pursuant to Article VI, Sections 6, 19, and 20 of the Constitution of Louisiana and Part VII of Chapter 2 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 (R.S. 33:1321 et seq.), the authority shall exercise all rights, privileges, and immunities granted to political subdivisions for industrial, commercial, tourism, and economic development purposes including the power of taxation and the power to incur debt and issue revenue and general obligation bonds and certificates of indebtedness, subject to the limitations provided in this Subpart.

C. The authority created pursuant hereto shall be established for the primary object and purpose of stimulating and encouraging economic development through commerce, industry, and tourism and for the utilization and development of natural and human resources of the area and to provide job opportunities.

D. The boundaries of the authority may include any property within or contiguous with or adjacent to the boundaries of the contracting municipalities.

Acts 2001, No. 996, §1; Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4227 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4227
Sale for less than par or diversion of proceeds prohibited
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under the provisions of this Sub-part shall be sold at an interest rate not greater than six per cent (6%) per annum. Under no conditions shall they be sold at a price less than par. The proceeds thereof shall not be used for any purpose other than that for which the bonds issued, as set forth in the resolution ordering the election to authorize the issue.

Amended by Acts 1968, No. 44, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1885 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1885
Municipal elections concurrent with congressional elections; term of office
Status: in_force

A. Municipalities may, by ordinance of the governing authority, adopt a plan for holding municipal elections at the congressional elections in accordance with R.S. 18:402(B). Any plan so adopted shall be filed with the secretary of state no later than January 1 of the year in which the plan is to take effect. No such plan shall be revocable by the governing authority. Any municipality that complies with the provisions of this Section may hold municipal elections at the congressional elections in accordance with R.S. 18:402(B). The officers elected shall take office on the first day of January following their election and shall hold their office for four years.

B. No plan shall be adopted pursuant to this Section if such plan would result in extending the term of office of a municipal official unless such plan was adopted at least thirty days prior to the primary election for the term to be extended.

Acts 1985, No. 781, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3837 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3837
Use of revenues; DeSoto Parish
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, all revenues from any tax levied or assessment or charge imposed pursuant to this Chapter in a parishwide waterworks district in DeSoto Parish shall be made available to such district and shall not be diverted for use by any other entity or for any other purposes than those of such district.

Acts 1997, No. 937, §1; Acts 2001, No. 349, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:447.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 447.6
Mayor's court; town of Lutcher; additional court costs
Status: in_force

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

Acts 2003, No. 597, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3391 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3391
Sale of paving certificates
Status: in_force

In order to meet the payments due to the contractor in the amounts represented by deferred payments as provided for in this Sub-part the municipality may issue and sell after due advertisement for not less than fifteen days paving certificates in an amount not exceeding the total of the deferred payments authorized herein. The certificates when issued shall be direct obligations of the municipality secured in principal and interest by the deferred payments due and owing by the several property owners, which deferred payments shall constitute a special fund for this purpose only. The paving certificates shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding six per cent per annum payable annually and shall mature in not more than fifteen annual installments of approximately even amounts and may be called for payment in whole or in part at any interest payment period.

Amended by Acts 1950, No. 525, §5.