La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3974 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3974
Contest of assessments or charges; negotiability of certificates; final inspection; services of engineer; duties; attorney
Status: in_force

A. For a period of sixty days from the date of the adoption of the resolution levying a local or special assessment or fixing sewerage charges as provided for in this Sub-part, any person in interest shall have the right to contest the legality of said local or special assessment, resolution or sewerage charge, after which time no one shall have any cause or right of action to contest the legality, formality or regularity of said assessment or charges for any cause whatsoever.

B. Sewer certificates issued hereunder shall have all the requisites of negotiable paper under the law merchant, and shall not be invalid for irregularities in the proceedings for their issuance, sale or delivery, and shall be incontestable in the hands of bona fide purchasers or holders thereof.

C. The governing authorities of a sewerage district or sub-district shall, upon the completion of any contract awarded as provided for herein, provide for the final inspection of the work performed thereunder and the improvements made and if the work be found to be completed satisfactorily in accordance with said contract as evidenced by the certificate of the engineer for the governing authorities, the said governing authority shall, by resolution duly adopted, approve and accept said work and fulfill their obligations of the said contract by full payment therefor of any amounts and balances due under the said contract, including all percentages of payments previously made thereon on engineer's estimate and which percentages were retained pending the completion of said work.

D. The governing authorities of the said sewerage district or subdistricts are authorized to engage the services of an engineer and provide for his payment, who shall prepare all plans and specifications and the governing authority of the municipality shall approve such plans and specifications by a proper resolution duly adopted. Such engineer so employed shall inspect the work as let in accordance with contracts hereunder and shall issue to the said contractor his estimates thereon from time to time as the work progresses, which estimates may be paid by the governing authority either in full or by the retention of 20% thereof as retained percentages. Upon final completion of the work, the said engineer shall render a report to the governing authority as to the completion of the work in a satisfactory manner and shall do and perform any and all engineering duties required of him in this Sub-part.

E. The governing authorities of said sewerage district or sub-districts is hereby authorized to employ an attorney to handle all legal work in connection with such improvements herein authorized and to provide for the payment of his fee, and said attorney, in addition to his other duties, shall prepare a complete transcript of the records of the proceedings covering each and every project completed hereunder and shall file same with the governing authority. Said filed transcript shall constitute a permanent record thereof. The governing authority of said sewerage district or sub-district is also authorized to employ an attorney to examine into and report upon the legality of the sewer certificates issued as herein provided for.

Acts 1950, Ex.Sess., No. 6, §14.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4720.56.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4720.56.1
Creation of subdistricts
Status: in_force

A. The authority may, in the implementation of a redevelopment plan, create one or more subdistricts to conduct, oversee, or assist in the implementation of such redevelopment plan. The boundaries of such a subdistrict may include all or part of the redevelopment area. Such a subdistrict shall have and exercise such powers and responsibilities as the authority shall specify in the enabling resolution. The full extent of such powers and responsibilities may include such powers as the authority itself may exercise, and such other powers as are given to the subdistrict by this Subsection or any other law, but any exercise of such powers by the subdistrict shall be confined solely to the geographical limits of the subdistrict. Such a subdistrict may be established to exist at the pleasure of the authority, or for any period of time, or until the happening of any occurrence or occurrences, that the authority may specify.

B. The creation of a subdistrict shall in no instance result in the detachment, severance, or loss of any power or responsibility granted to the authority by this Chapter, and within the confines of any subdistrict, the authority shall have full jurisdiction, concurrent with that of the subdistrict, to exercise said powers and responsibilities. The fact that a certain power is expressed or implied in this Subsection as pertinent to a subdistrict's conduct, overseeing, or assistance in the implementation of the redevelopment plan shall not suggest or imply that such power is otherwise denied to the authority. However, the authority and its subdistricts shall not, collectively, have any greater power to tax than that granted, in the first instance, to the authority alone.

C. Unless otherwise specified in the resolution or other formal act creating the subdistrict, the board members of the authority shall constitute the governing authority of the subdistrict.

D. Unless otherwise specified in the resolution or other formal act creating the subdistrict, the subdistrict shall be a distinct and separate juridical entity, and the rights, interests, and liabilities of the subdistrict shall not under any circumstances be considered those of the authority.

E.(1) In addition to the other powers that it may be granted, a subdistrict may enjoy, within its geographical boundaries, the powers of tax increment financing, the issuance of revenue bonds, and those other powers that may be exercised by an economic development district created by a local governmental subdivision pursuant to R.S. 33:9038.32. However, the subdistrict shall remain subject to all limitations and reservations applicable to the powers of the authority.

(2) Prior to the dedication of any state sales tax increments to be used for an authorized purpose of a subdistrict, the secretary of Louisiana Economic Development shall submit the proposal to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget for approval. The submittal shall also include a written evaluation and determination by the department, with input from and certification by the Department of Revenue, of the anticipated increase in state sales tax revenues to be collected within the state over state sales tax revenues that were collected within the state in the year immediately prior to the year in which the proposal is submitted to the committee that would be a direct result of the proposal. In addition, any cooperative endeavor agreement or other agreement providing for the expenditure of funds collected by the state as state sales tax increments and dedicated to a project or for the payment of revenue bonds therefor shall be subject to approval by the State Bond Commission prior to execution by the state.

Acts 2010, No. 1030, §1, eff. July 8, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4066.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4066.3
Governing authority
Status: in_force

The governing authority of any individual sewerage system district shall be the governing authority of the parish within which such district is located, unless the governing authority of such parish by a two-thirds vote adopts a resolution appointing a board of supervisors for such individual sewerage system district. The board of supervisors shall consist of five individuals domiciled within the district, each of whom shall be appointed by a majority vote of the governing authority of the parish for a term ending May 1, 1988. Future terms for the members of the board of supervisors shall terminate on May first of each fourth year thereafter. The provisions of R.S. 33:3888 shall be applicable to the members and officers of the board of supervisors.

Acts 1987, No. 919, §1, eff. July 20, 1987.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.13 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1236.13
Funding of the general administrative office of the Rapides Parish Police Jury
Status: in_force

A. At the same time that the police jury of Rapides Parish annually prepares the general budget of expenses, said police jury shall annually budget, appropriate, and pay to the general administrative office of said police jury an amount sufficient to fund the expenses of that office. For purposes of this Section, the general administrative office shall include the office of the secretary and treasurer of Rapides Parish.

B. The amount necessary to ensure that the appropriation required by Subsection A of this Section is fully funded shall be appropriated by the police jury of Rapides Parish to the general administrative office of said police jury based upon the budget for the expenses of said office prepared and submitted to the police jury by the treasurer of Rapides Parish.

Acts 1987, No. 128, §1, eff. June 18, 1987.

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La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2424 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2424
Appeals by employees to the commission
Status: in_force

Any regular employee in the classified service, subject to the provisions of this Part, or the rules made pursuant thereto, who deems that he has been removed, dismissed, retired, reduced in pay, demoted, subjected to a second suspension of sixty days or less without pay, or subjected to any other disciplinary action set out in R.S. 33:2423, without just cause, may, within sixty days of the action demand a hearing to determine the reasonableness of the action, and the commission shall grant the employee a hearing within forty-five days after receipt of the request. In the event the hearing is not held within the forty-five day period the employee shall be forthwith reinstated in his position with full pay for lost time, but this shall not jeopardize the right of the commission to finally determine the matter at a later date. After hearing and considering the evidence for and against the disciplinary action, the commission shall approve or disapprove the action. In case of approval the disciplinary action shall be deemed final as ordered. In case of disapproval the commission shall reinstate the employee under the conditions which it deems proper, and may order full pay for lost time.

If the commission finds that the disciplinary action was for religious or political reasons, then the employee shall forthwith be reinstated in his position and be reimbursed for any loss of pay occasioned by the disciplinary action.

The foregoing provisions of this Section shall not apply to temporary appointments as defined in R.S. 33:2419, and employees during their working test period as provided for in R.S. 33:2417.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4548.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4548.1
Short title
Status: in_force

This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities and Community Development Authority Act".

Acts 1991, No. 813, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1151, §1, eff. July 14, 1997.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4752 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4752
Removal of dangerous structures; maintenance of property; interest; assistance of national guard
Status: in_force

A.(1) Both the city of New Orleans and the city of Shreveport may adopt ordinances, rules, and regulations in order to condemn and cause to be demolished, removed, or both, any building or other structure, situated within their respective municipal boundaries, which, by reason of its nature or condition, endangers the public welfare or safety.

(2) Both the city of New Orleans and the city of Shreveport may, by ordinance, provide a method of demolishing, removing, or both, buildings or structures and maintaining property in a sanitary condition subsequent to demolition, including grass cutting, weed abatement, and trash and garbage removal, at the expense of the property owner.

(3) Such ordinances shall include provisions for notification of the owner and an opportunity to be heard.

B.(1) Upon failure of the property owner to pay any costs incurred by the respective municipality for demolition, removal, or both, of such structures and for maintenance of property subsequent to demolition, the governing body of the city of New Orleans or the governing body of the city of Shreveport may file a certified copy of an invoice reflecting the amount of such charges with the recorder of mortgages, which shall operate as a lien and privilege in favor of the municipality against the property.

(2) In addition, the ordinances of the respective municipality may provide for interest on this amount, which shall be paid prior to cancellation of the lien.

(3) 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.

C.(1) If within six months after the filing of the lien provided for in Subsection B above, the property owner fails to pay such lien and any interest thereon, the director of finance of the city of New Orleans, or the director of finance of the city of Shreveport, for the benefit of their respective cities, shall have the authority to sell such property for the amount of all public liens operating against the property and any interest thereon.

(2) The procedure for notice, advertisement, and sale of the property shall be governed by the law applicable to the sale of real property for delinquent city taxes, except that the property owner shall not have a right of redemption.

D. Both the city of New Orleans and the city of Shreveport may provide in their respective ordinances for rules and regulations and a penalty for their violation by fine or imprisonment or both.

E.(1) The governing authority may request and the adjutant general may assign, subject to the approval of the governor, national guard personnel and equipment to assist in the removal and demolition of condemned buildings, structures, or public nuisances. The provisions of this Subsection shall be applicable when the budget for the demolition and removal of condemned structures has been expended by the governing authority of a municipality. However, the request must be accompanied by documentation that all procedural protections and substantive restraints have been adhered to by the governing authority.

(2) In the event all procedural protections and substantive restraints have been adhered to by the governing authority, the municipality and their personnel and the national guard and their personnel shall not be liable to the owner of the building, structure, or public nuisance for any damages sustained resulting from the demolition of the building, structure, or public nuisance.

Amended by Acts 1982, No. 827, §1. Acts 1984, No. 508, §1, eff. July 6, 1984; Acts 1987, No. 196, §1, eff. June 19, 1987; Acts 1992, No. 236, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9039.74 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9039.74
Public function
Status: in_force

It is hereby determined that the creation of the district and the carrying out of its public functions and corporate purposes is, in all respects, a public and governmental purpose for the benefit of the people of the state, and for the improvement of their health, safety, welfare, prosperity, and security and that said functions and purposes are public purposes and that the district will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it by this Chapter. The money, assets, revenues, and operations of the district shall be exempt from all taxation by the state or any political subdivisions. The district shall not be required to pay any recording fee or transfer tax of any kind on account of instruments recorded by it or on its behalf. All bonds, certificates, or notes and the interest payable thereon issued by a district pursuant to this Section shall be exempt from all state and local taxes.

Acts 2005, No. 487, §1, eff. July 12, 2005.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2561 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2561
Appeals by employees to the board
Status: in_force

A. Any regular employee in the classified service who feels that he has been discharged or subjected to any corrective or disciplinary action without just cause may, within fifteen days after the action, demand in writing a hearing and investigation by the board to determine the reasonableness of the action. The board shall grant the employee a hearing and investigation within thirty days after receipt of the written request.

B.(1) All such hearings and investigations conducted by the board pursuant to the provisions of this Part shall be open to the public. No hearing and investigation shall be held unless both the employee and the appointing authority have been advised at least ten days in advance thereof of the date, time, and place therefor. If either the appointing authority or the employee fails to appear at the place and on the day and at the hour fixed for the hearing, the board may decide the issue involved on the basis of the evidence adduced and confined to the question of whether the action taken against the employee was made in good faith for cause set forth in the provisions of this Part.

(2) Both the employee and the appointing authority shall be afforded an opportunity to appear before the board, either in person or with counsel, and present evidence to show that the action was or was not taken in good faith for cause as set forth in the provisions of this Part.

(3) The board shall have complete charge of any such hearing and investigation and may conduct it in any manner it deems advisable, without prejudice to any person or party thereto. The procedure followed shall be informal and not necessarily bound by the legalistic rules of evidence. The board shall not be required to have the testimony taken and transcribed, but either the employee or the appointing authority may, at their own expense, make the necessary arrangements therefor. In such cases, the board may name any competent shorthand reporter as the official reporter. If the testimony is not taken or transcribed, then the board shall make a written finding of fact.

C.(1) After such investigation, if the evidence is conclusive, the board may affirm the action of the appointing authority. If it finds that the action was not taken in good faith for cause under the provisions of this Part, the board shall order the immediate reinstatement or reemployment of such person in the office, place, position, or employment from which he was removed, suspended, demoted, or discharged, which reinstatement shall, if the board so provides, be retroactive and entitle him to his regular pay from the time of removal, suspension, demotion, discharge, or other disciplinary action. The board may modify the order of removal, suspension, demotion, discharge, or other disciplinary action by directing a suspension without pay for a given period, a reduction in pay to the rate prevailing for the next lower class, a reduction or demotion to a position of any lower class and to the rate of pay prevailing thereof, or such other lesser punitive action that may be appropriate under the circumstances.

(2) The decision of the board, together with its written findings of fact, if required, shall be certified in writing to the appointing authority and shall be enforced forthwith by the appointing authority.

(3) Any employee of the classified service and any appointing authority affected by the finding of the board as provided in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection who is able to produce evidence of a violation of the provisions of R.S. 33:2565 such that the violation was material to the finding of the board may, within six months after the date of the board's finding, request in writing a reconsideration by the board on the matter. Such written request shall provide the name of any person in violation of R.S. 33:2565 and the details of the evidence. The board shall set the matter for reconsideration within thirty days after receipt of the written request and, based upon the merits of the evidence presented, may hold and conduct an investigation and hearing pursuant to this Part. Such hearing and investigation, if conducted, shall be held within thirty days of the board's decision. If the board determines that such violation occurred and was material to its original decision, the board may modify or reverse its decision and shall take any corrective action as authorized under the provisions of this Part. An appeal of the finding of the board under the provisions of this Paragraph may be taken by the employee or the appointing authority in accordance with the provisions of Subsection B of this Section; however, the exercise of the appeal for reconsideration under the provisions of this Paragraph shall not be used for the purpose of extending the prescriptive period for appeal to district court following the board's original finding.

D. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section or any other provision of law to the contrary, any member of the board who is the immediate supervisor or direct work associate of any officer or employee appealing removal, suspension, demotion, discharge, or any other disciplinary action by the appointing authority and who is directly involved in the incident out of which such action arose shall recuse himself from voting on any decision by the board to affirm, reverse, or modify the order of the appointing authority. Also, any immediate family member of the appealing employee shall recuse himself from voting on any such decision. For purposes of this Subsection, "immediate family member" shall mean any parent, child, sibling, or spouse. If such recusal by a member of the board results in the inability of the board to make a finding of fact or to reach a decision by the concurring votes as provided by R.S. 33:2536(M), the board shall be considered to have affirmed the action of the appointing authority.

E. Any employee under classified service and any appointing authority may appeal from any decision of the board or from any action taken by the board under the provisions of this Part which is prejudicial to the employee or appointing authority. This appeal shall lie direct to the court of original and unlimited jurisdiction in civil suits of the parish wherein the board is domiciled. This appeal shall be taken by serving the board, within thirty days after entry of its decision, a written notice of appeal stating the grounds thereof and demanding that a certified transcript of the record or written findings of fact and all papers on file in the office of the board affecting or relating to such decisions be filed with the designated court. The board shall, within ten days after the filing of the notice of appeal, make, certify, and file the complete transcript with the designated court, and that court thereupon shall proceed to hear and determine the appeal in a summary manner. This hearing shall be confined to the determination of whether the decision made by the board was made in good faith for cause under the provisions of this Part or to whether a board member should have or failed to recuse himself in accordance with Subsection D of this Section. No appeal to the court shall be taken except upon these grounds.

Acts 1964, No. 282, §1; Acts 1999, No. 457, §1; Acts 2006, No. 270, §1, eff. August 1, 2006; Acts 2008, No. 309, §1, eff. June 17, 2008; Acts 2010, No. 454, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4160.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4160.6
Special assessments; installment notes; effect of default; assessment lien
Status: in_force

A. Upon receipt of the certified statement or report of the engineer of the municipality or parish as provided for in R.S. 33:4160.5, the governing authority shall review said certified statement or report, including the proposed local or special assessments, and thereafter shall make a determination as to whether each lot or parcel of real estate to be assessed will be benefited to an amount not less than the proposed local or special assessment. Proposed assessments that are found by the governing authority to have been erroneously assessed or for which the governing authority does not find said benefit shall be deleted from said certified statement or report. The deletion of such proposed assessment from said certified statement or report for either of said reasons shall in no way invalidate or affect the legality of the contract awarded for the construction of said proposed improvements, nor shall such deletions constitute a violation of the public contracts law of this state.

B. Following said review and finding as to benefit by said governing authority, there shall be mailed to each property owner to be assessed a notice advising each property owner of his proposed assessment and the manner and time for payment thereof. Said notice shall set forth a general description of the proposed improvements, such description of the property to be assessed and the location thereof as the governing authority may deem necessary and shall notify the property owner to advise the governing authority in writing within fifteen days from date of said notice if inaccuracies exist in the proposed assessment. The notice shall be given by depositing said written notice in the United States mail, postage prepaid, and addressed to the property owner at his address as it appeared on the last approved tax roll on which the property was assessed for taxes by the governing authority. The certificate of the clerk or secretary of the governing authority levying any such assessments that the aforesaid notice has been given in writing to all property owners to be assessed shall establish a conclusive legal presumption that all requirements of notice as set forth hereinabove have been legally satisfied.

C. After thirty days have elapsed from the date of the mailing of said notice of the proposed assessments, the governing authority shall adopt an ordinance levying a local or special assessment on each lot or parcel of real estate in the area involved in proportion that its area bears to the total area to be assessed, or in proportion that its front footage bears to the total front footage to be assessed, as shall be determined by the governing authority, and the total of all such local or special assessments shall represent the total cost of said improvements, including all the items above set forth; provided that where the construction is financed partly under the provisions hereof, and partly by the issuance of bonds, or by any other method, then the total of all assessments levied hereunder shall represent the total cost of the work contemplated, including all items mentioned above, less the amount provided by bonds, or such other method. The amount assessed in said ordinance shall be due and collectible immediately on its passage, and, if not paid within thirty days from the date of the adoption of said ordinance, it will be conclusively presumed that any property owner whose property is affected thereby, exercises the right and option, which is hereby authorized, to pay the amount due in equal annual installments bearing interest at a rate or rates not exceeding twelve per centum per annum or at the maximum rate provided for conventional interest by Article 2924 of the Louisiana Civil Code as the same now exists or may be hereafter amended, and extending over a period not exceeding twenty years, all within the discretion of the governing authority and as provided for in the ordinance levying such local or special assessments. The first installment shall become due on December thirty-first of the then current year or one year after the date of the assessment ordinance herein provided for, in the discretion of the governing authority of the municipality or parish, and annually thereafter.

D. A certified copy of said ordinance levying the local or special assessments on the real estate as aforesaid shall be filed with the clerk of court in the parish, who shall forthwith record the same in the mortgage records of the parish, and when so filed and recorded, shall operate as a lien and privilege against all real estate therein assessed, and which aforesaid lien and privilege shall prime all other claims except taxes and prior recorded local or special assessments levied for streets, gas, or water.

E.(1) The failure to pay any installment or interest thereon when due shall ipso facto cause all other installments and the interest thereon to become due and payable and the municipality or parish may, after thirty days from the date of such default proceed against the property for the collection of the total amount due thereon, including interest, plus twenty percent additional on the principal and interest of the past due installment or installments or twenty percent of the amount sued for, and in the event judgment is necessary to effect collection, twenty percent of the amount of the judgment rendered, as attorney's fees provided that said attorney's fees shall be payable by the property owner only if demand by the governing authority of the municipality or parish through registered or certified mail has been made on the property owner and he has failed to pay the amount due within ten days after such demand.

(2) In any such suit to collect any delinquent assessments, a certified copy of the assessment ordinance, and any affidavits and exhibits annexed thereto which establish the correctness of the delinquent assessment shall be admissible, self-authenticating, and sufficient to establish prima facie proof of such demand.

F. Any errors in descriptions or amounts in any assessment ordinance adopted pursuant to this Section may be corrected by the adoption of an amendatory ordinance which need set forth only the corrected descriptions or amounts and which amendatory ordinance shall be recorded in the same manner as the original ordinance levying the assessments. The adoption of any such corrective ordinance shall serve only to postpone the thirty-day period for cash payment in full of the assessment actually affected and corrected by such amendatory ordinance, and the due date of the installments of such assessments so corrected that are not paid in full in cash within thirty days from the date of the adoption of the amendatory ordinance shall be the same as the due dates of the installments of the assessments levied in the original ordinance and not affected or corrected by any such amendatory ordinance or ordinances.

G. Except for the collection costs provided for herein, the payments made in cash shall be expended for no other purpose other than the payment of the cost of said improvements.

Acts 1990, No. 782, §1, eff. July 24, 1990.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.205 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.205
Fees and ad valorem tax; borrowing money
Status: in_force

A. The board of commissioners may, when necessary, levy annually an ad valorem tax not to exceed ten mills on the dollar of assessed valuation of all property, provided that the amount, term, and purpose of said tax, as set out in a proposition submitted to a vote in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code, shall be approved by a majority of the qualified electors voting in a special election held for that purpose.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Acts 1988, No. 634, §1, eff. July 14, 1988.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4720.109 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4720.109
Blighted property removal
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter, the Opelousas Redevelopment Authority shall have the power to acquire by purchase, gift, bequest, expropriation, negotiation, or otherwise any blighted property as defined in this Section, either within or outside a designated community improvement area and, further, to hold, clear, manage, and dispose of said property, all in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section, which procedures shall be exclusive for the acquisition of individual blighted property by the authority.

B. For the purposes of this Section, "blighted property" shall include those commercial or residential premises, including lots which have been declared vacant, uninhabitable, and hazardous by an administrative hearing officer acting pursuant to R.S. 13:2575 and 2576 or other applicable law. In determining whether any premises are vacant, uninhabitable, or hazardous, the hearing officer shall consider any or all of the following:

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

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

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

(4) Any premises declared to be vermin-infested or lacking in facilities or equipment required by the housing code of the city of Opelousas.

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

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

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

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

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

(4) On the date of the hearing, a member of the department of permits, the city planning commission, and the authority shall appear before the local governing authority and present testimony as requested concerning the properties under consideration.

(5) After hearing all of the information and evidence presented, the hearing officer shall certify by notice of judgment those properties which are determined to be blighted and shall authorize the authority to acquire said properties if the authority finds that such acquisition is necessary and feasible.

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

(2) The authority may file an affidavit of lien and intent to expropriate together with a certified copy of the notice of judgment with the recorder of mortgages, and the same, when so filed and recorded, shall constitute and operate as a lien and privilege in favor of the authority and against the property in an amount sufficient to secure the authority's administrative and legal expenses and costs of court.

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

(4) All actions to annul or invalidate sales made pursuant hereto for any cause whatsoever, and all actions to subject the property to any mortgage which existed before the sale to the purchaser, shall be prescribed by the lapse of one year from the date of the registry in the conveyance office of the deed to the purchaser.

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

(6) Except to the extent of any conflict with the provisions of this Section, property disposed of within a community improvement area shall be disposed of under a redevelopment contract in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 33:4720.110. Property disposed of outside a community improvement area shall be disposed of by deed in accordance with the provisions set forth in applicable law.

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

Acts 2007, No. 380, §1, eff. July 10, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2541 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2541
Classified and unclassified service
Status: in_force

A. The classified service shall comprise every position, except those included in the unclassified service, to which the right of employee selection, appointment, supervision, and discharge is vested in the government of the municipality, parish or fire protection district as the case may be, under which the fire or police service functions, or in an officer or employee thereof, and which has as its primary duty and responsibility one of the following:

(FIRE)

(1) The chief and assistant chiefs; the intradepartmental division, bureau, squad, platoon and company officers of the fire and police department.

(2) Fire fighting and police.

(3) Fire prevention; inspection.

(4) Driving, tillering and operation of fire apparatus.

(5) Operation and maintenance of radio, fire alarm or signal system.

(6) Fire and police department instructors in employee training.

(7) Fire salvage and overhauling services, and first aid.

(8) Automotive or fire and police apparatus repairs, if such service is operated exclusively by and for the fire and police department.

(9) Secretary to the chief and departmental records clerk.

B. The unclassified service shall comprise the following:

(1) All officers, employees and positions of employment in the municipal, parish or fire protection district government not having as a principal duty one of the duties hereinabove provided in the classified service.

(2) Officers elected by popular vote and persons appointed to fill vacancies in elective offices.

(3) Secretaries, stenographers and all clerical positions not specifically included in the classified service.

(4) Janitors, porters, elevator operators, chefs, kitchen helpers and workers, mechanic's helpers, car washers, unskilled labor or any part-time or temporary employee.

(5) Any position of employment, the duties of which are included in the classified service, to which the right of employee selection, appointment, supervision and discharge is vested in and with those other than the municipal, parish or fire protection district government or an officer or employee thereof.

(6) All officers, employees and positions with primary duties that include wellness, mental health, or physical fitness.

Acts 1964, No. 282, §1; Acts 2024, No. 230, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4545.22 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4545.22
Bonds as legal investments and lawful security
Status: in_force

The bonds issued pursuant to this Chapter shall be and are hereby declared to be legal and authorized investments for banks, savings banks, trust companies, building and loan associations, insurance companies, fiduciaries, trustees, guardians. Such bonds shall be eligible to secure the deposit of any and all public funds of the State and any and all public funds of municipalities, parishes, school districts or other political corporations or subdivisions of the state and such bonds shall be lawful and sufficient security for said deposits to the extent of their value when accompanied by all unmatured coupons appertaining thereto.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 772, §1, eff. July 20, 1979.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:5055 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 5055
Contracts of property owners for preservation of architectural style in cities of 300,000
Status: in_force

Within cities having a population of more than three hundred thousand inhabitants in order that the architectural style of buildings and structures situated in certain designated localities or boundaries or between certain street or road intersections, and fronting on designated public streets, boulevards, roads or public or private roads and places, may be preserved in their integrity and not impaired, changed, altered or destroyed, it shall be lawful for the owners of such real estate and others having rights therein, or if the owners of same or others having rights therein, be minors or interdicts, for their tutors, curators or administrators, to enter into written agreements, to be duly acknowledged according to law before any notary public, or by authentic acts, whereby they mutually agree to preserve in their integrity and not to impair, change, alter or destroy the architectural style or distinctive features of their buildings or the fronts thereof, situated or located as described in the agreements, so far as the same relate to the style, appearance, texture of materials and other distinctive features thereof, for the term of years to be specified in the contracts.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1225 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1225
Qualifications
Status: in_force

Members of the police juries shall possess the same qualifications at the time of their election as members of the house of representatives and in addition thereto shall not hold or exercise the office of mayor of any municipality having a population of 5000 or more according to the United States census for the year 1960.

Amended by Acts 1962, No. 267, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:85 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 85
Enforcement
Status: in_force

A. The attorney general, in consultation with the governor, may file suit against a local governmental entity or local law enforcement agency in the Nineteenth Judicial District for declaratory or injunctive relief for a violation of this Part.

B. If a local governmental entity or local law enforcement agency is found by the trial court to have violated this Part, the court shall enjoin the unlawful sanctuary policy. The court shall have continuing jurisdiction over the parties and subject matter and may enforce its orders with the initiation of contempt proceedings as provided by law.

C. An order approving a consent decree or granting an injunction shall include written findings of fact that describe with specificity the existence and nature of the sanctuary policy that violates this Part.

Acts 2024, No. 314, §1, eff. May 28, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9039.105 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9039.105
Board of commissioners; members; officers; finance and development committee
Status: in_force

A. A district formed by more than one parish or municipality shall be governed by a board of commissioners consisting of not less than five persons appointed by the governing authority of such participating parish or municipality, provided that at least one member is selected from each parish or municipality within the district. The qualifications of each member shall be determined by the governing authority of each participating parish or municipality.

B. Except as hereinafter provided, the term of office of members of the board shall be four years. All initial appointees shall serve four-year terms. However, a member of the board may be removed at will by the respective appointing authority prior to the expiration of his term.

C. Any member who is absent from fifty percent of the board's meetings, regular and special, in any calendar year shall be disqualified and removed automatically from office and that person's position shall be vacant, as of the first day of the succeeding calendar year. Such vacated position shall be filled by the respective nominating entity for the balance of the vacated term. The former member shall not be eligible for reappointment until expiration of the balance of the vacated term.

D. Any vacancy in the membership of the board occurring by reason of the expiration of the term of office, or by reason of death, resignation, disqualification, or otherwise, shall be filled by the respective appointing entity within thirty days after receipt by such party of written notification of the vacancy. In the event that the participating parish or municipality fails to fill the vacancy within thirty days after receipt of written notification of the vacancy, the board shall appoint an interim successor to serve on the board until the position is filled by the participating parish or municipality responsible for the appointment of such member.

E. Members of the board shall serve without compensation from the district and shall have the power to organize and reorganize the executive, administrative, clerical, and other departments and forces of the district and to fix the duties, powers, and compensation of all employees, agents, and consultants of the district. The board may reimburse any member for expenses actually incurred with the authorization of the board in the performance of his duties on behalf of the district.

F. The board shall elect yearly from its number a chairman, a vice chairman, and a secretary-treasurer and establish their duties as may be regulated in bylaws adopted by the board. The board shall meet in regular session once each quarter and also shall meet in special session as convened by the chairman or upon written notice of two-thirds of the members. A majority of the board members, not including vacancies, shall constitute a quorum. All actions of the board shall be approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present and voting. However, no action of the board shall be authorized on the following matters unless approved by a majority of the total board membership:

(1) Adoption of bylaws and other rules and regulations for conduct of the district's business.

(2) Hiring or firing of the district's executive director.

(3) The incurring of debt, levy of taxes, and the call for any tax or other election.

(4) Sale, lease, or alienation of real property or improvements.

G. The board shall maintain an office at such a place as it may designate.

H. The board is authorized to invest any funds held in reserve or sinking funds, or any monies not required for immediate use or disbursements at the discretion of the district in any investments or securities in which monies of a political subdivision are authorized to be invested.

I. The district may enter into agreements with public entities through which such public entities may agree to share in the costs of operating the district and to pay such charges and fees as may be imposed by the district.

J. The board shall form a finance and development committee of the district composed of either community members and board members or any combination thereof appointed by the board with expertise in the areas of banking, finance, real estate, construction management, and project development and related fields. Its duties shall be established by the board and shall include a mandatory review and approval of all projects involving a capital expenditure equal to or in excess of twenty percent of the annual operating budget of the district. Such committee shall also have primary responsibility for due diligence regarding such projects under guidelines established by this Chapter with respect to projects.

K. Notwithstanding any provision of this Chapter to the contrary, the receipt of funds related to recovery from, or through, the Louisiana Recovery Authority shall be subject to legislative approval as provided in R.S. 49:220.5.

L. Notwithstanding any provision of this Chapter to the contrary, the district shall provide, on a semiannual basis, to the governing authority of each municipality and parish within the district a written report of all activities of the district in the previous six months, including personnel and financial activities and property acquisitions, leases, and dispositions, and also provide a preview of anticipated or planned district activities in the next succeeding six-month period.

Acts 2006, No. 839, §1, eff. July 5, 2006.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4077.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4077.1
Agent for service of process
Status: in_force

The agent for service of process of any legal papers served on the board shall be the executive director of the board or the special counsel appointed pursuant to R.S. 33:4077.

Acts 1988, No. 155, §1, eff. June 29, 1988.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.871 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.871
Vernon Parish Development District; creation; territorial jurisdiction
Status: in_force

A. The Vernon Parish Development District, hereinafter referred to as the "district", is hereby constituted and is declared to be a body politic and political subdivision of the state of Louisiana, as defined in Article VI, Section 44 of the Constitution of Louisiana. Pursuant to Article VI, Sections 19 and 21 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the district, acting through its board of commissioners, the governing authority of the district, is hereby granted all of the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities granted to political subdivisions for economic and industrial development purposes, including but not limited to the power of taxation, the power to incur debt and issue revenue and general obligation bonds, certificates of indebtedness, bond and certificate anticipation notes, and refunding bonds, subject to the limitations hereinafter provided.

B. The district created pursuant hereto shall be established for the primary object and purpose of promoting and encouraging the development of economic and industrial opportunities, stimulating the economy through renewed commerce and industry, and for the utilization and development of natural and human resources of the area by providing job opportunities.

C. The boundaries of the district shall be coterminous with the boundaries of Vernon Parish.

Acts 2020, No. 320, §1, eff. June 12, 2020.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3319 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3319
Prescriptive period to question validity of proceedings
Status: in_force

No contest or proceeding to question the validity, legality, ranking, or status of any resolutions or ordinances adopted or proceedings initiated under the provisions of this Subpart, including but not limited to the ranking or status of such resolutions or ordinances operating as a lien and privilege as provided in R.S. 33:3306, shall be begun in any court by any person for any cause whatsoever, after the expiration of thirty days from the date when the resolution, ordinance, or proceeding was published, and after such time the regularity of such resolution, ordinance, or proceeding shall be conclusively presumed. If the validity of any certificates issued under the provisions of this Subpart is not raised within thirty days from the date of publication of the resolution or ordinance issuing said certificates and fixing their terms, the authority to issue said certificates, the legality, ranking, and status thereof and of the local or special assessments necessary to pay the same shall be conclusively presumed and no court shall thereafter have authority to inquire into such matters. Moreover, the time period for recordation of a debt as a privilege and lien as set forth in Civil Code Art. 3274 shall not apply to the ranking and status of a lien and privilege as authorized by R.S. 33:3306.

Added by Acts 1956, No. 430, §3. Amended by Acts 1958, No. 238, §1; Acts 1988, No. 810, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:103 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 103
Planning commission; membership; appointment
Status: in_force

A. A parish planning commission shall consist of not less than five nor more than nine members, at the discretion of the police jury or other parish governing authority, all to be appointed by the police jury or other parish governing authority. The police jury or other parish governing authority may remove any member of the commission, after public hearing, for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.

B. A municipal planning commission shall consist of not less than five nor more than nine members, at the discretion of the local legislative body, all to be appointed by the chief executive of the municipality, who may remove any member of the commission, after public hearing, for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.

C.(1) All members of a commission, whether a parish or a municipal planning commission, shall serve without compensation, except as otherwise provided by this Paragraph or as otherwise provided by law, and shall hold no other public office, except they may also serve as members of any duly constituted regional commission of which their parish or municipality forms a part.

(a) Nothing contained in this Section shall prevent the governing authority of St. Charles Parish from paying to the members of the zoning commission of St. Charles Parish not less than forty dollars nor more than sixty dollars per diem for attending meetings of the commission. In no instance, however, shall the number of meetings exceed a maximum of twelve per year.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section to the contrary, the police jury of St. John the Baptist Parish may pay members of the planning commission of St. John the Baptist Parish per diem not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than forty dollars for attending meetings of said commission for a maximum of fifteen meetings per year.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section to the contrary, the police jury of St. James Parish may pay members of the planning commission of the parish and the respective governing authorities of the municipalities may pay the planning commissions of the municipalities of Lutcher and Gramercy per diem not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than forty dollars for attending meetings of said commissions for a maximum of fifteen meetings per year per commission.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section to the contrary, the parish council of West Baton Rouge Parish shall pay members of the planning commission of West Baton Rouge Parish per diem which shall not exceed the rate allowable for per diem deduction under Section 162(h)(1)(B)(ii) of Title 26 of the United States Code for attending meetings of the commission for a maximum of twenty-four days per year.

(e) Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1274, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.

(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section to the contrary, the police jury of Acadia Parish may pay members of the planning commission of Acadia Parish per diem of twenty-five dollars for attending meetings of said commission for a maximum of twenty-four meetings per year.

(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or of this Section to the contrary, the governing authority of Lafourche Parish may pay members of the Lafourche Parish Planning and Zoning Commission a per diem of not less than twenty-five dollars and not more than forty dollars for attendance at meetings of the commission for a maximum of twelve meetings per year.

(h)(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section to the contrary, the governing authority of St. Tammany Parish may set the membership of the St. Tammany Parish Planning Commission at not less than fourteen members, each member being a resident of the police jury district from which he is appointed.

(ii) Members of the St. Tammany Parish Planning Commission shall be appointed by a majority vote of the governing authority of the parish for staggered terms as follows: four members for one year; four members for two years; four members for three years; and two members for four years. Terms of members shall be decided by lot by the governing authority of St. Tammany Parish at its first regularly scheduled meeting after June 25, 1993. The successor of each member shall be appointed to serve a term of three years from the expiration of the term of his predecessor.

(iii) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section to the contrary, the governing authority of St. Tammany Parish may pay members of the St. Tammany Parish Planning Commission a per diem of fifty dollars for attendance at meetings of the commission for a maximum of twenty-four meetings per year.

(i) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section or any other law to the contrary, the governing authority of Tangipahoa Parish may pay members of the planning commission of Tangipahoa Parish and such members may receive a per diem of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than sixty dollars for attendance at meetings of the commission for a maximum of sixteen meetings per year. Such per diem shall be paid by the parish governing authority out of funds appropriated or otherwise made available for such purposes.

(j) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section or any other law to the contrary, the governing authority of the city of Plaquemine may pay members of the planning commission of the city and such members may receive a per diem for attendance at meetings of the commission for a maximum of twenty-four days per year in amounts not to exceed the following maximums:

(i) Fifty dollars for the chairman of the commission.

(ii) Twenty-five dollars for all other members.

(k) The governing authority of Iberville Parish may pay members of the Iberville Parish planning commission and such members may receive a per diem of not more than twenty-five dollars for attendance at meetings of the commission for up to twenty-four meeting days per year. Any such per diem shall be paid out of funds appropriated or otherwise made available for such purpose.

(l) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the governing authorities of the municipalities of Addis, Arcadia, Brusly, Delhi, Gramercy, Haughton, Haynesville, Iowa, Jena, Lake Arthur, Lockport, and Many may pay a per diem to members of their respective municipal planning commissions for attending meetings of any such commission. The rate of per diem to be paid to such members and the number of meetings for which per diem shall be paid shall be established by ordinance of the governing authority of each municipality.

(m) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the governing authority of the parish of St. Mary may pay members of the planning and zoning commission of the parish a per diem of seventy-five dollars for attendance at meetings of the commission for a maximum of fifteen meetings per year. Any such per diem shall be paid by the parish governing authority from monies appropriated out of the general fund of the parish.

(n) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the governing authority of Livingston Parish may pay members of the parish planning commission a per diem not to exceed one hundred dollars for attendance at meetings of the commission for a maximum of twenty-four meetings per year.

(o) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the governing authority of Washington Parish may pay members of the parish planning commission a per diem of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than sixty dollars for attendance at meetings of the commission for a maximum of twenty-four meetings per year. Any such per diem shall be paid by the parish governing authority from monies appropriated from the general fund of the parish.

(2) The parish governing authority or local legislative body of the municipality, as the case may be, shall establish staggered initial terms of the members of the planning commission. Such terms shall be no less than four years nor more than ten years in length. However, nothing contained herein shall affect the term of any member incumbent on the effective date of this Subsection.

D.(1) The successors of the members of a planning commission, whether a parish or municipal planning commission shall be appointed by the parish governing authority or the local legislative body of the municipality, as the case may be, for terms of equal length for all members, to be determined by said authority or body, which terms shall be for not less than four years or more than ten years from and after expiration of the terms of their predecessors in office.

(2) Provided however, that nothing contained herein shall affect the term of any member incumbent on the effective date of this Subsection.

E. If a vacancy occurs other than by an expiration of the term, it shall be filled by appointment by the original appointing authority for the unexpired term.

F. Where a parish or municipality has adopted a charter for local self-government or other home rule charter and such charter provides for the establishment of a planning commission or otherwise provides for the functions of a planning commission to be performed by the governing authority or other board or commission, the provisions of this Subpart concerning membership, appointment, organization, and structure shall not be applicable. In such case, any parish or municipality with a home rule charter may avail itself of the power and authority granted herein to a planning commission; however, nothing herein shall diminish any power or authority already granted by a home rule charter or other law.

Amended by Acts 1956, No. 135, §1; Acts 1961, No. 76, §1; Acts 1968, No. 654, §1; Acts 1974, No. 480, §2; Acts 1975, No. 23, §1; Acts 1976, No. 57, §1; Acts 1977, No. 42, §1; Acts 1980, No. 737, §1; Acts 1980, No. 781, §1; Acts 1981, No. 123, §1; Acts 1985, No. 409, §1; eff. Jan. 1, 1986; Acts 1990, No. 699, §1, eff. July 20, 1990; Acts 1991, No. 720, §1; Acts 1993, No. 980, §1, eff. June 25, 1993; Acts 1995, No. 123, §1; Acts 1997, No. 438, §1; Acts 1997, No. 453, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1274, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; Acts 1999, No. 90, §1; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 137, §1, eff. April 19, 2000; Acts 2006, No. 725, §1, eff. July 1, 2006; Acts 2008, No. 105, §1; Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011; Acts 2011, No. 255, §1, eff. July 1, 2011; Acts 2017, No. 20, §1; Acts 2020, No. 143, §1, eff. June 9, 2020; Acts 2021, No. 74, §1, eff. June 4, 2021; Acts 2022, No. 226, §1, eff. May 31, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4787 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4787
Notice of hearing; petition for suspension or revocation of permit
Status: in_force

A notice shall be served upon the holder of the permit stating the time and place of the hearing to be held by the governing body of the municipality or parish, or a municipal alcoholic beverage control board which shall be not less than ten calendar days from the date such notice is given. The notice shall enumerate the cause or causes for suspending or revoking the permit, and shall be sent by registered mail to the holder of the permit at the address of his place of business as given in his application for the permit, or may be served on him in person by an officer or employee of the municipality or parish. Any trade organization consisting of brewers and distributors of beverages of low alcoholic content, through its authorized representative, may file with the governing body of any municipality or parish, or a municipal alcoholic beverage control board a sworn petition requesting that a permit be suspended or revoked, and the procedure in such cases shall be the same as herein set out.

Acts 1952, No. 493, §3. Amended by Acts 1958, No. 302, §1; Acts 1975, No. 359, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9033.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9033.2
Additional powers of corporation; Calcasieu Parish
Status: in_force

In Calcasieu Parish only, in addition to those powers and authorities granted to economic development corporations under this Chapter, the following specific powers are hereby granted:

(1) To enter into partnerships, joint ventures, and other relationships with any federal, state, or local governmental agency or with any private or public firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity.

(2) To delegate to a private development corporation or other entity any duties and responsibilities as the corporation deems necessary or convenient in order to carry out the purposes of this Chapter.

(3) To give local citizens preferential treatment in job development.

Acts 1990, No. 96, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.76 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.76
Obligations of the district
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

(4) The district may borrow the amount of the anticipated ad valorem tax, not to exceed five mills, authorized by R.S. 33:140.75 for a period not to exceed ten years and may issue certificates of indebtedness therefor and may dedicate the avails of the tax funded for the payment thereof for the period of time said certificates are outstanding.

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

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

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

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

Acts 2004, No. 435, §1, eff. June 24, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.523 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.523
Powers of district
Status: in_force

The district, acting by and through its board, shall have and exercise all powers of a political subdivision necessary or convenient for the carrying out of its objects and purposes, including but not limited to rights and powers set out in this Subpart and including the following rights and powers:

(1) To sue and be sued.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Acts 1995, No. 315, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:8052 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 8052
Board members; appointment; qualifications; terms and vacancies
Status: in_force

A. The authority shall be governed by a board consisting of fifteen members. The number of board members allotted to each parish shall be based on that parish's population compared to the total population for all parishes using the most recent federal census data available. The board member for a parish shall be appointed by the chief executive officer of the parish subject to confirmation by the governing authority of that parish. After confirmation, the board member shall serve at the pleasure of the chief executive officer. One member of the board shall be appointed by the Regional Planning Commission and shall serve at the pleasure of the chief executive officer of the appointing body. The secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality shall serve as an ex officio member of the authority.

B. The terms of the members shall be for four years. Any vacancy on the board for any reason shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment and for the unexpired term of office.

Acts 1992, No. 1061, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:441.20 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 441.20
City of Gretna; appointment of court magistrate; duties
Status: in_force

The board of aldermen of the city of Gretna 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 serve at a salary fixed and paid by the board of aldermen.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 154, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:386 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 386
Appointment of municipal officials; bond required
Status: in_force

A. At the first regular meeting of the board of aldermen elected at a regular municipal election, the mayor, subject to confirmation by the board of aldermen, shall appoint a clerk, tax collector, except as provided for in R.S. 33:381(D), and all other necessary officers whose election is not provided for in R.S. 33:381. In the event of a vacancy, the mayor, subject to confirmation by the board of aldermen, shall appoint a successor to any such office. In making or approving such appointments and in filling vacancies, the mayor and board of aldermen shall give preference to residents of the municipality if all other considerations are equal.

B. The clerk and the tax collector shall execute bonds to the municipality in such amounts and with such surety and conditions as may be prescribed by ordinance and shall hold their offices until their successors are appointed and qualified.

C. The mayor, subject to confirmation by the board of aldermen, may appoint and fix compensation for an attorney at law for the municipality, whose duties in such capacity may include representation of all municipal officers as defined by R.S. 33:381(A) in actions against them in connection with and arising out of their functions as such officers, and other duties as prescribed by the mayor. The municipality may also employ counsel to represent its interest should the occasion require.

D. The term of the clerk, tax collector, nonelected chief of police, street commissioner, municipal attorney, and court magistrate shall end at the time of the first regular meeting of the board of aldermen elected at a regular municipal election.

Amended by Acts 1970, No. 165, §1; Acts 1970, No. 594, §1; Acts 1977, No. 123, §1; Acts 1978, No. 214, §1; Acts 1980, No. 576, §1; Acts 1986, No. 1076, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987; Acts 1997, No. 836, §1, eff. July 10, 1997; Acts 1997, No. 1044, §2; Acts 2015, No. 78, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.87 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2740.87
Notice of establishment
Status: in_force

Within thirty days after the effective date of the ordinance establishing a business improvement district under this Subpart, the district shall cause to be recorded in the mortgage records in the parish in which it is located a "Notice of Establishment of the _____________ Business Improvement District". The notice shall include the legal description of the district and a copy of the disclosure statement specified in R.S. 33:2740.77.

Acts 2003, No. 904, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2565 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2565
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 of the provisions of this Part, or commit or attempt to commit any fraud preventing the impartial execution of this Part, and the rules of the board.

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.

Acts 1964, No. 282, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4782 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4782
Regulation of electricians
Status: in_force

All municipalities, except New Orleans, may enact ordinances for the purpose of regulating persons pursuing or engaged in the business of installing wires or apparatus to convey electric current for light, heat, or power. In furtherance thereof, the mayor, by and with the consent of the council, may appoint a board of not more than five members, of which the city electrician shall be a member and chairman. The remaining four members shall be electricians, who have had five years' experience, as such. The municipalities may in their discretion vest the board with full power, control, and regulation of the business. The power or final inspection of any of the work shall be vested solely in the city electrician. The municipalities may enforce compliance with these rules and regulations and provide methods of punishment for the violation thereof.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.743 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.743
Powers of district
Status: in_force

The district, acting by and through its board of commissioners, shall have and exercise all powers of a political subdivision necessary or convenient for the carrying out of its objects and purposes, including but not limited to rights and powers set out in this Subpart:

(1) To sue and be sued.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Acts 2007, No. 269, §1, eff. July 6, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.58 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.58
Enforcement of regulation; penalty
Status: in_force

In case any building or structure is erected, structurally altered or maintained, or any building, structure or land is used in violation of this Sub-Part or of any ordinance or regulation made under authority conferred hereby, the proper authorities of the parish, in addition to other remedies, may substitute any appropriate action or proceedings to prevent such unlawful erection, structural alteration, maintenance or use, to restrain, correct or abate such violation in order to prevent any illegal act, conduct, business or use in or about such premises. The regulations shall be enforced by the officer authorized to issue building permits, who is empowered to cause any building, structure, place or premises to be inspected and examined, and to order in writing the remedying of any condition found to exist therein in violation of any provision of the regulations made under the authority of this Sub-part. The owner or general agent of a building or premises where a violation of any regulation has been committed or exists, or the lessee or tenant of any entire building or entire premises where the violation has been committed or exists, or the owner, general agent, lessee or tenant of any part of the building or premises in which the violation has been committed or exists, or the general agent, architect, building contractor or any other person who commits, takes part or assists in any violation or who maintains any building or premises in which any violation exists shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than ten dollars and not more than twenty-five dollars or be imprisoned for not more than thirty days for each day that the violation continues.

Acts 1962, No. 123, §8.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2195 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2195
Providing necessary personnel
Status: in_force

A. The superintendent of police or commanding officer of the department shall provide a sufficient number of officers and men to carry out the objects of this Subpart.

B. The superintendent of police or commanding officer of the department may appoint reserve personnel as unpaid volunteer litter-watch agents, as trained under the auspices of the superintendent of police or commanding officer of the department.

Acts 1990, No. 887, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.50.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.50.4
Delegation of authority
Status: in_force

A. If, for reasons of convenience, economy, or effectiveness in the administration of plans, ordinances, or other measures, such as zoning, it is desired that the town council or police jury or department, bureau, or agent of either undertake the administration of such plans, ordinances, or other measures with respect to the territory of the other, the town council and police jury may enter into such arrangement as may be mutually agreed upon for such administration and to provide compensation therefor to the governing body or department, bureau, or agent thereof, commensurate with the value and extent of the administration and work involved.

B. Nothing in this Section shall be construed as authorizing the delegation by the town council or the police jury to the other or to any department, bureau, or agent thereof, of the legislative authority vested by law in such governing body.

Acts 2019, No. 75, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.116 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.116
Obligations of the district
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

(4) The district may borrow the amount of the anticipated ad valorem tax, not to exceed five mills, authorized by R.S. 33:140.75 for a period not to exceed ten years and may issue certificates of indebtedness therefor and may dedicate the avails of the tax funded for the payment thereof for the period of time said certificates are outstanding.

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

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

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

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

Acts 2010, No. 780, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:441.21 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 441.21
Town of Loreauville; appointment of court magistrate; duties; salary
Status: in_force

Upon the request of the mayor, the board of aldermen of the town of Loreauville shall appoint an attorney who shall be designated as court magistrate and who shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor and who may be designated from time to time by the mayor to serve in his stead as the presiding officer 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 the 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. 190, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4876.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4876.5
Hearing
Status: in_force

A. The governing body of the municipality or parish or a board, commission, or official designated by the governing body shall conduct hearings pursuant to the procedures adopted under this Part.

B. If a hearing is requested by a person for whom notice is required under R.S. 33:4876.4, the hearing shall be held not earlier than the eleventh day after the date of the service of notice.

C. At the hearing, the junk, wrecked, or used automobile or motor vehicle is presumed, unless demonstrated otherwise by the owner, to be inoperable.

D. If the information is available at the location of the nuisance, a resolution or order requiring removal of the public nuisance vehicle shall include the following:

(1) A description of the vehicle.

(2) The vehicle identification number.

(3) The license plate number.

Acts 2024, No. 718, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2391 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2391
Applicability
Status: in_force

A. This Part shall apply to any city having a population exceeding one hundred thousand according to the latest federal decennial census.

B. This Part shall not apply to positions which are covered by Part II of this Chapter.

C. In the event that the civil service of any city pursuant to this Part is determined by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to not be subject to this Part, the civil service of the city shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the state civil service system. The provisions of this Subsection shall not apply to any municipality with a population of not less than two hundred fifteen thousand persons and not more than three hundred thousand persons according to the latest federal decennial census.

Acts 2013, No. 362, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:423.19 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 423.19
City of Ponchatoula; authority over personnel by elected chief of police; budgetary limitations
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in and for the city of Ponchatoula, the elected chief of police shall appoint, promote, discipline, and discharge police personnel subject to the budgetary limitations of the mayor and the board of aldermen pertaining to the number of allotted positions for the police department. Any such action shall be taken without regard to race, creed, or color.

B. The provisions of this Section shall be known as the Police Chief David Lane Vitter Act.

Acts 2008, No. 76, §1, eff. June 5, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1967 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1967
Captain of force
Status: in_force

A. A member of the department holding the rank of captain shall be in charge of each force in each fire company during each shift and at all times. "Force" as used herein means any single piece of fire fighting or rescue apparatus. In any paid fire department operated by a municipality having a population of thirteen thousand or more or by any parish or fire protection district which employs eight or more full-time paid fire suppression employees, excluding the fire chief and any training officer, every fire fighting or rescue apparatus shall be operated by a member of the department holding the rank of engineer or fire driver, by whichever designation he may be known, provided the term "fire fighting apparatus" shall not be construed to include standard passenger vehicles, nor any other type of automotive equipment assigned to fire department use other than vehicles specially designed for fire fighting or rescue purposes. Provided further, that all fire departments, regardless of the number of employees in their employ, now having engineers, captains, or fire drivers operating each force, fire car, or other fire vehicle shall continue this practice.

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section or any law to the contrary, the governing authority of a municipal fire department governed by the provisions of this Subpart, a parish fire department, and a fire protection district may assign a member of such department holding the rank of captain to operate fire cars and other fire vehicles.

C. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section or any law to the contrary, the fire department in the city of Baton Rouge and any fire protection district comprised of unincorporated areas of the parish of Jefferson may continue the staffing procedures in effect on July 2, 1999.

Amended by Acts 1950, No. 193, §2; Acts 1956, No. 359, §1; Acts 1962, No. 134, §1; Acts 1993, No. 521, §1; Acts 1999, No. 849, §1, eff. July 2, 1999; Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3915 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3915
Sewerage districts under prior laws
Status: in_force

Any sewerage district which is operating under Act 26 of 1926, and Acts amendatory thereto, on the effective date of the Revised Statutes shall be governed by the provisions of this Subpart.

A sewerage district created by the governing authority of a municipality prior to July 28, 1926, which has not elected to come under the provisions of Act 26 of 1926, shall continue to operate under the law under which it was created. The board of commissioners of the district may, however, elect by ordinance to come under the provisions of this Subpart. Thereafter the district shall operate under the provisions of this Subpart as though it had originally been established under its provisions, but all taxes voted prior thereto securing the payment of the principal and interest of all outstanding bonds of the district shall continue to be levied until all of the bonds have been retired.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.861 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.861
Title
Status: in_force

The provisions of this Subpart shall hereafter be known as and may be cited as the "New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority Economic Growth and Development District Act".

Acts 2015, No. 420, §1, eff. July 1, 2015.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1661 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1661
Compensation and bond
Status: in_force

The police jury shall fix the compensation and amount of bond to be furnished by the parish treasurer. The bond shall be recorded in the mortgage book of the parish and shall have the effect of a mortgage on all the property of the principal. When the parish treasurer produced his quietus, showing that he has accounted for all the funds and property in his possession, he may have his bond canceled and the mortgage resulting from its inscription erased.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:447.9 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 447.9
Mayor's court; town of Sterlington; additional court costs
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the mayor of the town of Sterlington may impose additional court costs not to exceed ten dollars for each offense, as defined by ordinance, on any defendant convicted of a violation of a municipal ordinance. Any additional amount in court costs collected pursuant to this Section shall be allocated to the Sterlington Police Department.

Acts 2012, No. 39, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.766 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.766
Industrial development
Status: in_force

A.(1) The authority shall have the power to construct and acquire industrial parks and industrial plant buildings, and subordinate and related facilities, including the acquisition of sites and other necessary property or appurtenances thereto within the authority, or outside the authority if the project is undertaken conjointly with another parish or with other local units of government, under the authority of the local services law, R.S. 33:1321 et seq., or other authorizing authority, and to acquire, construct, improve, operate, maintain, and provide improvements and services necessary therefor, including but not limited to roads, street lighting, bridges, rail facilities, drainage, sewers, sewerage disposal facilities, solid waste disposal facilities, waterworks, and other utilities and related properties, consistent with applicable parish regulations and policies.

(2)(a) The authority may also sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of, by suitable and appropriate contract, to any enterprise locating or existing within the authority all or any part of a site, building, or other property owned by the authority.

(b) In determining the consideration for any contract to lease, sell, or otherwise dispose of lands, buildings, or other property of the authority, the board of commissioners may take into consideration the value of the lands, buildings, or other properties involved as well as the potential value of the economic impact of the enterprise being induced to locate or expand within the authority. Such economic impact shall include increased employment, increased use of local labor, wages and salaries to be paid, consumption of local materials, products, and resources, and special tax revenue to be generated by the enterprise acquiring or leasing lands, buildings, or other property from the authority. The board shall not dispose of any property of the authority for less than the fair market value of the property as defined in R.S. 47:2321.

(c) The authority may enter into leases having a term, including all renewal terms, not to exceed fifty years in the aggregate, provided that there shall be a provision for periodic adjustments of the rental rate, commensurate with economic conditions, during the fifty-year term.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the authority may enter into leases having a term, including all renewal terms, not to exceed ninety-nine years in the aggregate. The provisions of this Subparagraph shall only apply to higher education entities and private sector partners recruited by higher education entities evidenced by an agreement in writing for the purposes of economic and industrial development in the region, at a lease rate of one dollar per year.

(3)(a) The resolution or ordinance adopted by the board authorizing any lease, sale, or other disposition of lands, buildings, or other property of the authority or any attachment thereto shall set forth, in a general way, the terms of the authorized lease, sale, or other disposition.

(b) A proposed resolution or ordinance may be placed on the agenda of any board meeting and introduced by any board member.

(c) After a proposed resolution or ordinance has been introduced, copies of it shall be provided to all board members. The title of a proposed resolution or ordinance shall be published once in the official journal of the authority. The notice shall indicate the time and place where the board will consider its adoption.

(d) No resolution or ordinance shall be adopted until a public hearing on it has been held. No resolution or ordinance shall be adopted at the meeting at which it is introduced.

(e) The board shall publish each resolution or ordinance adopted by the board pursuant to this Paragraph once in the official journal of the authority, within twenty days of its adoption and prior to its effective date.

(f) Unless a resolution or ordinance specifies an earlier or later effective date, the resolution or ordinance shall take effect on the thirtieth day after the meeting in which the resolution or ordinance was adopted.

B. The authority shall have the following additional powers:

(1) To acquire, whether by purchase, exchange, donation, lease, or otherwise, and to construct and improve, maintain, equip, and furnish one or more economic development projects, including all immovable and movable properties which the board of commissioners may deem necessary in connection therewith.

(2) To lease or to contract for the use of any or all of its authorized projects and to charge and collect rent, fees, or charges therefor, and to terminate any such lease or contractual arrangement upon the failure of the obligations thereof, all as may be provided for in the lease agreement to which the authority may become a party.

(3) To sell, exchange, donate, and convey any or all of its projects upon such terms and conditions as the board may deem advisable, including the power to receive for any such sale the first mortgage note or notes of the purchaser of a project representing unpaid installments of the purchase price due by the purchaser to the authority whenever the board finds any such actions to be in furtherance of the purpose for which the authority was organized.

(4) As security for the payment of the principal of and interest on any bonds, notes, or other obligations of the authority, and any agreements made in connection therewith, to mortgage and pledge any or all of its projects or any part or parts thereof, whether then owned or thereafter acquired, and to pledge the revenues and receipts therefrom or from any other source.

(5) To enter into any cooperative endeavor or any other form of cooperative development activity for the purposes of the authority. For purposes of this Subpart, cooperative endeavor means any form of economic development assistance or collaboration between or among the authority and the state, any of its local governmental subdivisions, political corporations or public benefit corporations, the United States or its agencies, or any public or private association, corporation, or individual. A cooperative endeavor shall include but not be limited to the following:

(a) Cooperative financing of an economic development project, which shall include loan guarantees, land write-downs, grants, lease guarantees, or any form of financial subsidy or incentive that complies with the provisions of Article VII, Section 14 of the Constitution of Louisiana.

(b) Cooperative development which shall include but not be limited to any number of joint development agreements such as condominiums and cooperative ownership, limited partnerships, and investment syndicates not prohibited by the Constitution of Louisiana. Regardless of the method of financing, the authority shall attempt to obtain the most favorable security available in order to protect and ensure recovery of sums loaned or paid pursuant to such financing.

Acts 2008, No. 918, §1; Acts 2015, No. 363, §§1, 2; Acts 2024, No. 599, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2215 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2215
Reduction in rank prohibited
Status: in_force

No governing body, official, officer, or employee of any municipality affected by this Sub-part shall, when this Sub-part first becomes effective in the municipality, reduce any employee in grade, rank, or class of position, nor abolish any grade, rank, or class of position for the sole purpose of complying with the provisions hereof. However, a municipality need not be required to create any position, grade, rank, or class of employment when this Sub-part first becomes effective, for the sole purpose of complying with the provisions hereof.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1236.8
Authority of police jury of St. Bernard Parish to accept beneficial interest in a public trust
Status: in_force

The police jury of the parish of St. Bernard shall have the power, authority, and jurisdiction to accept the beneficial interest in a public trust or trusts created pursuant to R.S. 9:2341 through 9:2347, inclusive, for public purposes or functions, including, but not limited to housing development mortgage loans, long-term capital financing, and related services, activities, facilities and properties, and provide for other matters in connection therewith. The police jury acting as the governing authority of the parish of St. Bernard shall also have the power to issue home mortgage revenue bonds for the aforesaid purposes on behalf of and in the name of the parish in the manner provided by R.S. 9:2341 through 9:2347, inclusive; however, the full faith and credit of the parish shall not be pledged by the issuance of said bonds.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 513, §1, eff. July 13, 1979.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.20 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.20
Platting of street lines by planning commission
Status: in_force

After the commission has recommended and the city council has adopted a master plan in whole or in part, which includes at least a major street plan, or shall have progressed in its master planning to the state of the making and recommending a major street plan, such commission shall have the power to make or cause to be made, from time to time, plats on which are indicated the locations of the lines recommended by the commission as the planned or mapped lines of future streets, street extensions, street widenings, or street narrowings. The making or certifying of a plat by the commission shall not in and of itself constitute or be deemed to constitute the opening or establishment of any street or the taking or acceptance of any land for street purposes.

Acts 1962, No. 52, §20; Acts 2020, No. 294, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:447.15 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 447.15
Mayor's court; city of Kenner; additional court costs
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the mayor of the city of Kenner may also impose additional court costs not to exceed thirty dollars for each offense, as defined by ordinance, on any defendant convicted of a violation of a municipal ordinance. Any additional amount in court costs collected pursuant to this Section shall be allocated to the city of Kenner to be used for the mayor's court security enhancements and technological upgrades.

Acts 2016, No. 35, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1655 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1655
Reports to police jury
Status: in_force

The parish treasurer shall make a detailed report at every regular meeting of the police jury and at other times directed by the police jury, of all money received and disbursed, of all the debts due to and from the parish, and of all other proceedings in his office, so that the receipts into the treasury and the accounts of disbursements, together with the debts due to and from the parish, may clearly and distinctly appear.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:5089 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 5089
Audit of funds
Status: in_force

The legislative auditor may examine and audit the books and accounts of any fund established under the provisions of this Chapter pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 24:513. In addition, each participating affiliate or subsidiary of a local housing authority member at its cost may cause an examination and audit by its representatives of any self-insurance funds in which it participates pursuant to this Chapter.

Acts 2022, No. 686, §1, eff. June 18, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:101.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 101.1
Subdivision approval a legislative function
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this Subpart, the act of approving or disapproving a subdivision plat is hereby declared a legislative function involving the exercise of legislative discretion by the planning commission, based upon data presented to it; provided that any subdivision ordinance enacted by the governing authority of a parish or municipality or the acts of the governing authority, the planning commission, or planning administrator shall be subject to judicial review only on the grounds that such ordinance or act is arbitrary and capricious thereby constituting an abuse of discretion, unreasonable exercise of police powers, an excessive use of the power herein granted, or denial of the right of due process. The judicial review shall be confined to the record established before the governing authority, the planning commission, or planning administrator whose decision is being appealed. The right of judicial review of a subdivision ordinance shall not be limited by the foregoing, however, nothing contained in this Subpart or in any subdivision ordinance adopted by a parish or municipality shall be construed as imposing upon such parish or municipality a duty, special or otherwise, to or for the benefit of any individual person or group of persons.

Acts 1990, No. 699, §1, eff. July 20, 1990; Acts 2025, No. 277, §1, eff. June 11, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2494 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2494
Certification and appointment
Status: in_force

A.(1) Except for the positions of entrance firefighter, entrance police officer, entrance jailer, secretary to the chief, departmental records clerk, and for the entrance classes for which the operation and maintenance of radio, alarm, or signal systems for the respective fire or police service is the primary duty, whenever the appointing authority proposes to fill a vacancy in the classified service, except by demotion, transfer, emergency appointment, or by substitute employment not to exceed thirty days, the appointing authority shall request the board to certify names of persons eligible for appointment to the vacant position. The board shall thereupon certify in writing the names of eligible persons from the appropriate employment list, and the appointing authority shall, if the appointing authority fills the vacancy, make the appointment as provided by this Section.

(2) Whenever the appointing authority proposes to fill a vacancy in entrance firefighter, entrance police officer, entrance jailer, secretary to the chief, departmental records clerk, and for the entrance classes for which the operation and maintenance of radio, alarm, or signal systems for the respective fire or police service is the primary duty, the appointing authority shall request the state examiner to certify names of persons eligible for appointments to the vacant position. The state examiner shall certify in writing the names of eligible persons from the appropriate list, and the appointing authority shall, if the appointing authority fills the vacancy, make the appointment as provided by this Section.

B. The board shall first certify the name of the person appearing upon the reinstatement list who is eligible for the first reinstatement in the class of the vacant position. The name of this person and all others appearing upon the reinstatement list for the class shall be certified and offered the appointment in the order provided by R.S. 33:2490(B) before the vacancy is filled by any subsequent method provided by this Part. The appointing authority shall appoint to the vacant position the first person so certified to him who is willing to accept the appointment. If the position is one of a class from which lay-offs have been made as provided by R.S. 33:2499 the names of eligible persons appearing upon the reemployment list for the class shall be certified and offered the appointment in the order provided by R.S. 33:2490(C) before any other appointment is made thereto.

C.(1)(a) In the event a vacancy cannot be filled by reinstatement, or by reemployment as above provided, the board shall next certify the names of the persons upon the promotional list, in the order in which they appear thereon, for the class in which the vacancy is to be filled.

(b) The appointing authority shall select and appoint to the first vacancy to be filled the one person certified to him who has the greatest seniority in the departmental service. Any remaining positions to be filled in the same class shall be filled by appointing to each such successive vacancy the one of the remaining persons certified therefor who has the next highest seniority in the departmental service. If any one or more persons so certified should refuse the appointment, the appointing authority shall then select and appoint one of the persons certified by the board with the next highest seniority in the departmental service. This procedure shall be followed until the position has been filled by appointment of the one person who has the greatest seniority in the departmental service, and who is willing to accept the appointment, or until each person whose name appears upon the list, has in this order been certified and offered the appointment for the vacancy.

(c) Any person certified to the appointing authority who, because of work-related illness, injury, or incapacity, is unable to immediately begin a working test, shall be appointed in accordance with Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph. However, the working test shall be immediately interrupted and shall not commence until the employee has fully recovered and returns to full duty. If the employee fails to recover and return to full duty within six months of the date of his appointment, the board shall declare him ineligible to continue therein, and the appointment shall be made to one of the remaining persons certified therefor who has the next highest seniority in the departmental service. Any such person appointed in accordance with R.S. 33:2496(2) to substitute for the injured employee during the period of interrupted working test shall have such time counted toward his twelve-month working test period.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the municipal fire and police civil service system for the cities of Lafayette for the rank of lieutenant or captain and Lake Charles shall fill a vacant position in the police department in the following manner:

(a) In the event a vacancy cannot be filled by reinstatement, or by reemployment as provided in Subsections A and B of this Section, the board shall next certify the names of the persons upon the promotional list, in the order in which they appear thereon, for the class in which the vacancy is to be filled.

(b) The appointing authority shall select and appoint to the first vacancy to be filled the one person certified to him who has the greatest promotional seniority in the next lower rank. Any remaining positions to be filled in the same class shall be filled by appointing to each such successive vacancy the one of the remaining persons certified therefor who has the next highest promotional seniority in the next lower class.

(c) If any one or more persons so certified should refuse the appointment, the appointing authority shall then select and appoint one of the persons certified by the board with the next highest promotional seniority in the next lower class. This procedure shall be followed until the position has been filled by appointment of the one person who has the greatest promotional seniority in the next lower class, and who is willing to accept the appointment, or until each person whose name appears upon the list, has in this order been certified and offered an appointment to the vacancy.

(d) If two or more persons possess an equal amount of promotional seniority, those persons shall be reinstated or listed on the promotional list and offered promotions in the order of departmental seniority, from highest to lowest.

(e) Any person certified to the appointing authority who, because of work-related illness, injury, or incapacity, is unable to immediately begin a working test, shall be appointed in accordance with Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph. However, the working test shall be immediately interrupted and shall not commence until the employee has fully recovered and returns to full duty. If the employee fails to recover and return to full duty within six months of the date of his appointment, the board shall declare him ineligible to continue therein, and the appointment shall be made to one of the remaining persons certified therefor who has the next highest promotional seniority. Any such person appointed in accordance with R.S. 33:2496(2) to substitute for the injured employee during the period of interrupted working test shall have such time counted toward his twelve-month working test period.

(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in the city of Crowley a vacant position in the police department shall be filled in the following manner:

(a) If a vacancy cannot be filled by reinstatement or by reemployment as provided in Subsections A and B of this Section, the board shall next certify the names of the persons on the promotional list, in the order in which they appear thereon, for the class in which the vacancy is to be filled.

(b) The appointing authority shall select and appoint to the first vacancy to be filled the one person certified to him who has the greatest promotional seniority in the next lower class. Any remaining positions to be filled in the same class shall be filled by appointing to each such successive vacancy the one of the remaining persons certified therefor who has the next highest promotional seniority in the next lower class.

(c) If any one or more persons so certified should refuse the appointment, the appointing authority shall then select and appoint one of the persons certified by the board with the next highest promotional seniority in the next lower class. This procedure shall be followed until the position has been filled by appointment of the one person who has the greatest promotional seniority in the next lower class and who is willing to accept the appointment or until each person whose name appears on the list, has in this order been certified and offered an appointment to the vacancy.

(d) If two or more persons possess an equal amount of promotional seniority, those persons shall be reinstated or listed on the promotional list and offered promotions in the order of departmental seniority, from highest to lowest.

(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in the city of Baton Rouge a vacant position in the police department shall be filled in the following manner:

(a) If a vacancy cannot be filled by reinstatement or by reemployment as provided in Subsections A and B of this Section, the board shall next certify the names of the persons on the promotional list, in the order in which they appear thereon, for the class in which the vacancy is to be filled.

(b) The appointing authority shall select and appoint to any vacancy to be filled a person certified to him whose name appears on the promotional list for the class for which he was tested as a person who is among the five highest in departmental seniority.

(5) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in the cities of Broussard, Carencro, Scott, and Youngsville, a vacant position in the police department shall be filled in the following manner:

(a) If a vacancy cannot be filled by reinstatement or by reemployment as provided in Subsections A and B of this Section, the board shall next certify the names of the persons on the promotional list, in the order in which they appear thereon, for the class in which the vacancy is to be filled.

(b) The appointing authority shall select and appoint to any vacancy to be filled a person whose name appears on the promotional list for the class for which he was tested as a person who is among the three highest in departmental seniority.

(6) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in the city of Kenner, a vacant position in the police department shall be filled in the following manner:

(a) If a vacancy cannot be filled by reinstatement or by reemployment as provided in Subsections A and B of this Section, the board shall next certify the names of the persons on the promotional list, in the order in which they appear thereon, for the class in which the vacancy is to be filled.

(b) The appointing authority shall select and appoint to any vacancy to be filled a person certified to him whose name appears on the promotional list for the class for which the person was tested as a person who is among the three highest in departmental seniority.

(7) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in the city of Alexandria, a vacant position in the police department shall be filled in the following manner:

(a) If a vacancy cannot be filled by reinstatement or by reemployment as provided in Subsections A and B of this Section, the board shall next certify the names of the persons on the promotional list, in the order in which they appear thereon, for the class in which the vacancy is to be filled.

(b) The appointing authority shall select and appoint to any vacancy to be filled a person certified to him whose name appears on the promotional list for the class for which he was tested as a person who is among the five highest in departmental seniority.

D. Certification and appointment from the competitive list shall be limited to those conditions and classifications for which the competitive test may be given as provided by R.S. 33:2492. Upon the appointing authority's request for the certification of eligible persons from which the appointing authority may fill a vacancy, and if the competitive list is the appropriate list from which the names of eligible persons shall be certified, the board or the state examiner shall certify the names of the persons upon that list, in the order in which they appear thereon, for the class in which the vacancy is to be filled. The appointing authority shall select and appoint to the first vacancy to be filled any one of the persons so certified to him for the vacancy. In making appointments to entrance firefighter, entrance police officer, entrance jailer, secretary to the chief, departmental records clerk, and for the entrance classes for which the operation and maintenance of radio, alarm, or signal systems for the respective fire or police service is the primary duty, the appointing authority shall verify that the applicant meets the minimum qualifications as established by the board. Additionally, in making such appointment to entry-level positions, the appointing authority shall give a preference to Louisiana residents. If any one or more persons so certified should refuse the appointment, the appointing authority shall then select and appoint any one of the remaining persons certified by the board or the state examiner. This procedure shall be followed until the position has been filled by appointment of one of the persons certified from the list and willing to accept the appointment, or until each person whose name appears upon the list has in this manner been certified for the vacancy.

E. Appointment to any position in the classified service from which the regular employee is away on an authorized leave of absence shall be made in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 33:2496.

F. The appointing authority shall notify the board of the filling of a vacancy as provided in R.S. 33:2503.

G. Except as provided in Subparagraphs (C)(1)(c) and (C)(2)(e) of this Section, the appointing authority shall fill each vacancy, including vacancies in classifications hereafter created, within sixty days after the occurrence of the vacancy. This Subsection shall not prevent the board from abolishing unnecessary classifications.

Acts 1999, No. 1092, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1093, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1174, §1; Acts 2015, No. 240, §1, eff. Aug. 1, 2016; Acts 2015, No. 243, §1, eff. June 29, 2015; Acts 2016, No. 177, §1; Acts 2016, No. 283, §1; Acts 2016, No. 552, §2; Acts 2019, No. 230, §1, eff. March 31, 2020; Acts 2020, No. 38, §1; Acts 2020, No. 196, §1; Acts 2024, No. 203, §1; Acts 2024, No. 230, §1; Acts 2025, No. 127, §1; Acts 2025, No. 332, §1, eff. July 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:441.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 441.4
Town of Jonesville; appointment of mayor pro tempore; duties; compensation
Status: in_force

The mayor of the town of Jonesville may from time to time appoint the mayor pro tempore of such town to serve in his stead as the presiding official over the mayor's court, and in any such case the mayor pro tempore shall so serve. Whenever the mayor pro tempore is appointed to preside over the mayor's court, he shall exercise the powers and authority of the mayor over said court. The mayor pro tempore for such service may receive such compensation as may be fixed by ordinance adopted by the board of aldermen.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 501, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4119 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4119
New Orleans; R.S. 33:4106 to R.S. 33:4118 self-operative
Status: in_force

The provisions hereof are self-operative. The sewerage and water board of New Orleans and the city of New Orleans shall carry the same into effect. No proceedings or approvals, not required by the provisions of those sections, shall be necessary to the validity of any certificates issued hereunder.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 167, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.78 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.78
Exemption from taxation
Status: in_force

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

Acts 2004, No. 435, §1, eff. June 24, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2491.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2491.4
Promotional employment lists; tests; city of West Monroe; classified police service
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the maximum period of time for which a name may remain upon a promotional employment list established and maintained by the municipal fire and police civil service board of the city of West Monroe for any of the various classes of positions in the classified police service shall be forty-eight months.

B. The minimum period of time for which a name may remain upon a promotional employment list established and maintained by the municipal fire and police civil service board of the city of West Monroe for any of the various classes of positions in the classified police service shall be as provided in R.S. 33:2491(F).

C. Promotional tests for positions in the various classes in the classified police service in the city of West Monroe, except those classes in which positions shall be filled only from the competitive list, may be held as the needs of the service require, but shall be given as provided in R.S. 33:2492(6).

D. The provisions of this Section shall apply to any promotional employment list established and maintained by the municipal fire and police civil service board of the city of West Monroe for any of the various classes of positions in the classified police service containing the names of eligible persons on and after July 6, 2009.

Acts 2009, No. 329, §1, eff. July 6, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:385.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 385.1
Qualifications of elected chief of police
Status: in_force

A. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, an elected chief of police of a municipality shall be an elector of the municipality. At the time of qualification as a candidate for the office of chief of police, he shall have been domiciled for at least the immediately preceding year in the municipality except that a person who resides outside of the corporate limits of the village of Maurice may be elected chief of police. Additionally, a person who resides outside of the corporate limits of the town of Gueydan, but within the territorial limits of Ward Eight of Vermilion Parish, may be elected chief of police of the town. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the village of Napoleonville.

B.(1) The elected chief of police of a village shall reside within the boundaries of the parish in which the village is located.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, an elected chief of police in the village of Pine Prairie shall reside within the corporate limits of the village. At the time of qualification as a candidate for the office of chief of police, a person shall have been domiciled in the village for at least the immediately preceding year.

C.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no person who is serving as an elected chief of police shall be eligible to qualify as a candidate for reelection to that office if the person has served as an elected chief of police for at least the one year immediately preceding the latest date to qualify for the office and has not met the requirements of R.S. 33:2345(A) and (B).

(2)(a) A person who was elected to the office of chief of police prior to January 1, 2004, and has been in continuous service since that date is not required to meet the requirements of R.S. 33:2345(A) to be eligible to qualify as a candidate for reelection to that office.

(b) The provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall not apply to any person who has served as an elected chief of police continuously since January 1, 1983.

(c) The provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall not apply to police chiefs if the training required by R.S. 33:2345 is not funded in accordance with R.S. 33:2345(D).

(3) The Law Enforcement Executive Management Institute shall establish a procedure by which any person who is serving as an elected chief of police and who has failed to meet the requirements of R.S. 33:2345(A) due to emergency circumstances may apply for an exemption from the requirements for the purpose of being eligible to qualify as a candidate for reelection to the position. If the Law Enforcement Executive Management Institute approves the exemption, the elected chief of police shall not be ineligible to qualify as a candidate for reelection for failure to meet the requirements.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 262, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 789, §1; Acts 1986, No. 322, §1, eff. June 30, 1986; Acts 1986, No. 1076, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987; Acts 1991, No. 202, §1, eff. July 2, 1991; Acts 1999, No. 425, §1; Acts 2016, No. 73, §1; Acts 2018, No. 26, §1, eff. May 10, 2018; Acts 2021, No. 358, §1, eff. June 14, 2021; Acts 2022, No. 212, §1, eff. May 31, 2022; Acts 2023, No. 348, §1; Acts 2024, No. 187, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1236.2
Powers of the governing authorities of Calcasieu Parish and Ouachita Parish; litter ordinances
Status: in_force

A. The governing authorities of Calcasieu Parish and Ouachita Parish may enact ordinances and impose penalties for violation of ordinances related to the regulating and prohibiting of litter in their respective parishes. The penalty may consist of a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisonment of not more than thirty days, or a requirement to perform community service of not more than forty hours, or any combination of the penalties.

B. The governing authorities of Calcasieu Parish and Ouachita Parish may enact ordinances to establish a beautification fund into which all fines for violations of ordinances enacted under this Section shall be placed. The beautification fund shall be administered by the respective governing authorities. Funds so deposited may be used to encourage, organize, and coordinate volunteer local anti-litter campaigns, to pay expenses for litter cleanup, collection, and prevention, and to purchase and operate equipment in connection therewith.

C. The governing authority of Calcasieu Parish may establish a litter control section within the parish to enforce the provisions of this Section and all other litter violations as provided by law.

Acts 1986, No. 48, §1, eff. June 13, 1986; Acts 1995, No. 85, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:423.12 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 423.12
Town of Iowa; disciplinary action by chief of police
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in and for the town of Iowa, the chief of police may take whatever steps are necessary to effect disciplinary action concerning police personnel, including but not limited to the suspension of police personnel. Any such disciplinary action shall be taken without regard to race, creed, or color and shall be subject to review by the mayor and board of aldermen.

Acts 2001, No. 879, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:441.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 441.6
Town of Walker; appointment of court magistrate; duties; salary
Status: in_force

The board of aldermen of the town of Walker 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 serve at a salary fixed and paid by the board of aldermen.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 791, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4307.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4307.1
Winn Parish; authorization to sell certain gas and utility lines
Status: in_force

The governing authority of Winn Parish is authorized to sell or lease, without voter approval, a gas utility system owned by a gas utility district created pursuant to this Subpart.

Acts 1991, No. 440, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2396 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2396
City civil service commission
Status: in_force

A. The city civil service commission shall be composed of three electors of the city in which they serve. No member of the commission shall be a candidate for nomination or election to public office or hold any other public office or position of public employment, the office of notary public or a military or naval office excepted, nor shall any member of the commission be or have been, during the period of six months immediately preceding his appointment, a member of any local, state, or national committee of a political party, or an officer or member of a committee of any factional or political club or organization.

B. One member of the commission shall be appointed by the governing body of the city, and, in a municipality of two hundred fifty thousand or over, two members shall be appointed by the governor. The first three members of the commission shall be appointed within thirty days after this Part takes effect in a city under R.S. 33:2391, Sub-section A.

The term of office of each member shall be six years, except the terms of the first three members. These terms shall be two years, three years, and four years, respectively, to be designated at the discretion of the mayor; at the expiration of these respective terms, the governing body of the city shall appoint the successor of the member appointed by it, and, in a municipality having a population of two hundred fifty thousand or more, the governor shall appoint the successors of the members appointed by him.

Each member of the commission shall serve until his successor has been appointed and qualified. Before entering on his duties, a commissioner shall take the oath of office, which shall include a statement of his belief in and desire to support the principles of the merit system.

A member of a commission in existence on the effective date of the Revised Statutes, under Act 171 of 1940, as amended, shall continue to serve until the expiration of the term for which he was appointed.

Any vacancy occurring in the commission shall be filled for the remainder of the term in the same manner as the preceding commissioner was selected and appointed. Within thirty days after the receipt of notice from any person of the occurrence of a vacancy in the commission or of the expiration of the term of a member of the commission, the governing body of the city or the governor, as the case may be, shall appoint the successor. If the governing body of a city fails to appoint one original commissioner or fails to appoint his successor within the time and in the manner herein provided, the governor shall select and appoint the commissioner in a municipality of two hundred fifty thousand or more.

C. A member of the commission shall be removable only for cause by the mayor upon recommendation of a committee composed of the city attorney and presiding or senior district judge, after being given a copy of charges against him and an opportunity to be heard publicly on such charges. A copy of the charges and a transcript of the record of the hearing shall be filed with the Secretary of State.

D. Members of the commission shall each be paid twenty-five dollars for each day devoted to the work of the commission, but not more than two thousand dollars each in any year. They also shall be entitled to reimbursement for necessary traveling and other expenses.

E. The commission annually shall elect one of its members chairman. It shall maintain its principal office in space provided for it by the proper city officials, shall maintain its records at that principal office, and shall hold its regular meetings there. At least one regular meeting shall be held in each month, except in the months of July and August. Special meetings may be held at times and places specified by call of the chairman or mayor. Notice of the time and place of all meetings shall be given in writing to each member by the director. Meetings of the commission shall be open to the public. Two members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The director shall act as secretary of the commission, and shall keep adequate records and minutes of its business and official actions. The officer charged by law with the custody of the city buildings shall assign suitable office space to the commission for executing the duties charged to it and to the director.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2551.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2551.1
Promotional employment lists; limitations
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:2551, departmental service in any classified police position with the primary duty or responsibility of police headquarters desk service, jailer, police matron, operations and maintenance of radio, police alarm or signal system, automotive or police apparatus repairs, secretary to the chief, or department records clerk shall not be counted by the municipal fire and police civil service board in determining the total departmental or promotional seniority in the departmental service of a person for purposes of ranking the name of that person on a promotional employment list for a classified police position with the primary duty or responsibility of law enforcement, a position as chief or assistant chief, or a position as an intradepartmental division, bureau, squad, platoon, or company officer of the police department.

B. The provisions of this Section shall not be construed to affect the pay, retirement, or any other benefit based upon departmental service of any person occupying a classified police position in the municipal fire and police civil service.

C. The provisions of this Section shall not be applicable to any person employed in any such position prior to July 1, 2004.

Acts 2004, No. 428, §1, eff. July 1, 2004; Acts 2016, No. 285, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4545.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4545.7
Powers of Authority
Status: in_force

A. The Authority shall have all of the rights and powers necessary to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Authority, as a political subdivision of the state of Louisiana with full corporate powers, shall have the following rights and powers:

(1) To adopt by-laws or rules for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business.

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

(3) To maintain an office at such place or places as it may designate.

(4) To sue and be sued.

(5) To receive, administer and comply with the conditions and requirements respecting any gift, grant or donation of any property or money.

(6) To study, plan, research, develop, finance, construct, reconstruct, acquire, improve, enlarge, extend, better, lease, own, operate and maintain, any project or any interest in any project, within or without the state, including the acquisition of an undivided ownership interest in any project with any other unit or units whether public or private, and to enter into and perform contracts with respect thereto, and if the Authority acquires an undivided ownership interest in any project within the State, the surrender or waiver by any such owners of their rights to partition or expropriate such property for a period not exceeding the period for which the property is used or useful for electric utility purposes shall not be invalid and unenforceable by reason of length of such period or as unduly restricting the alienation of such property.

(7) To acquire by purchase or lease or otherwise an existing project, a project under construction, or other property, within the state, either individually or jointly with any other unit or units whether public or private and to acquire by purchase or lease or otherwise any facilities for the development, production, manufacture, procurement, handling, transportation, storage, fabrication, enrichment, processing or reprocessing of fuel of any kind or any facility or rights with respect to the supply of water, and to enter into agreements for such period as the Authority shall determine, for the development, production, manufacture, procurement, handling, storage, fabrication, enrichment, processing or reprocessing of fuel of any kind or any facility or rights with respect to the supply of water.

(8) To acquire by purchase, lease, gift, or otherwise, or to obtain options for the acquisition of, any property, real or personal, improved or unimproved, including an interest in land less than the fee thereof.

(9) To sell, lease, exchange, transfer or otherwise dispose of, or to grant options for any such purposes with respect to, any real or personal property or interest therein.

(10) To dispose of by sale or lease or otherwise an existing project, a project under construction, or other property owned either individually or jointly, and to dispose of by sale or lease or otherwise any facilities for the development, production, manufacture, procurement, handling, transportation, storage, fabrication, enrichment, processing or reprocessing of fuel of any kind or any facility or rights with respect to supply of water.

(11) To borrow money and issue revenue bonds of the Authority in the manner hereinafter provided.

(12) To accept advice and money from any municipality directly interested in the affairs or operations of the Authority or facilities owned or operated by the Authority.

(13) To apply and contract for and to expend assistance from the United States or other public or private sources, whether in form of a grant or loan or otherwise.

(14) To fix, charge and collect rents, rates, fees and charges for output or capacity of any project and for the use of or for the other services, facilities and commodities sold, furnished or supplied through any project.

(15) To authorize the acquisition, construction, operation or maintenance of any project by any unit or individual on such terms as the Authority shall deem proper, and, in connection with any project which is owned jointly by the Authority and one or more units, to act as agent, or designate one or more of the other units to act as agent, for all the owners of the project for the construction, operation or maintenance of such project.

(16) To generate, produce, transmit, deliver, exchange, purchase or sell electric power and energy at wholesale, and to enter into contracts for any or all such purposes.

(17) To enter into contracts for the purchase, sale, exchange, interchange, wheeling, pooling or transmission, storage of electric power and energy and fuel with any unit within or without the state.

(18) To purchase power and energy and related services from any source on behalf of any participating municipalities and to sell the same to participating municipalities in such amounts, with such characteristics, for such periods of time and under such terms and conditions as the Authority shall determine.

(19) In the event of any annexation of lands, areas, or territory in which the Authority's projects exist by the state or a political subdivision, to continue to do business and to exercise jurisdiction over its properties and facilities in and upon or over such lands, areas or territory as long as any bonds remain outstanding or unpaid, or any contracts or other obligations remain in force.

(20) To amend the by-laws with respect to the powers of the Authority or in any other manner not inconsistent with this Chapter.

(21) To enter into contracts with any participating municipality on such terms as the Authority shall deem proper for the purpose of acting as a billing and collecting agent with respect to wholesale electric service or wholesale electric fees, rents or charges imposed by or charged to any such participating municipality.

(22) To pledge or assign any moneys, fees, rents, charges or other revenues and any proceeds derived by the Authority from the sales of bonds, property, insurance or condemnation awards and any contracts or other rights of the Authority.

(23) To make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary in the exercise of the powers and functions of the Authority under this Chapter, including contracts with persons, firms, corporations and others.

(24) To apply to the appropriate agencies of the state, the United States or any state thereof, and to any other proper agency for such permits, licenses, certificates or approvals as may be necessary, and to construct, maintain and operate projects in accordance with such licenses, permits, certificates or approvals, and to obtain, hold and use such licenses, permits, certificates and approvals in the same manner as any other person or operating unit of any other person.

(25) To employ a general manager, employees, engineers, architects, attorneys, accountants, real estate counselors, appraisers, underwriters, financial advisors and such other consultants as may be required in the judgment of the Authority and to fix and pay their compensation from funds available to the Authority therefor, and

(26) To do all acts and things necessary to carry out the purposes and to exercise the powers granted to the Authority herein.

B. In determining which project or projects to undertake in furtherance of its purposes and powers under this Chapter, the Authority may take into account estimated future power requirements of governmental units which have entered into, or propose to enter into, contracts with the Authority for the purchase of its present or future requirements of power and energy, including the output, capacity, use or services of such project or projects, and in making such determination the Authority may consider the following:

(1) The economies and efficiencies to be achieved in constructing on a large scale facilities for the generation and transmission of electric power and energy.

(2) Needs of the Authority for reserve and peaking capacity and to meet obligations under pooling and reserve-sharing agreements reasonably related to its needs for power and energy to which the Authority is or may become a party.

(3) The estimated useful life of such project.

(4) The estimated time necessary for the planning, development, acquisition, or construction of such project and the length of time required in advance to obtain, acquire or construct additional power supply for the needs of the Authority, and

(5) The reliability and availability of alternative power supply sources and the cost of such alternative power supply sources.

C. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the Authority from undertaking studies to determine whether there is a need for a project or whether such project is feasible.

D. All commodity purchases made by the Authority and service contracts awarded by such Authority shall be transacted pursuant to the procedures outlined in Part V of Chapter 1 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes. All consulting, professional, and personal services procured by the Authority shall be awarded pursuant to the procedures outlined in Chapter 17 of Subtitle III of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 772, §1, eff. July 20, 1979; Acts 2014, No. 864, §§4 and 5.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.583 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.583
Powers and functions of the board of commissioners
Status: in_force

In order to accomplish the object and purposes for which the district is created, the district, through the board of commissioners, shall have the following powers and functions and may do any or all of the following:

(1) Make recommendations and provide relevant information about the parish to public officials or entities or private individuals or organizations concerning such matters as:

(a) Natural and environmental factors, trends of industrial population, other developments, and the habits and lifestyles of the people.

(b) Land use in the parish.

(c) Locations for the concentration of wholesale, retail, business, and other commercial uses and spaces and locations for mixed uses.

(d) The need for and the proposed general location of public and private works and facilities.

(2) Make or assist in studies and investigations of the resources of the parish and the existing and emerging problems of industry, commerce, transportation, population, housing, and public services affecting the development of the parish, and in making such studies seek the cooperation and collaboration of the appropriate state departments and agencies and instrumentalities of federal, state, and local government, educational institutions, research organizations, whether public or private, and of civic groups and private persons and organizations.

(3) Prepare and from time to time revise and make available to interested organizations, public bodies, and individuals, listings of the resources of the parish and of the major public and private works and facilities of all kinds which contribute to or affect the development of the parish.

(4) Advise and supply information, as far as available, to civic groups and private persons and organizations who may request such information or advice, or who study or otherwise concern themselves with the purposes for which the district is created or with development in the fields of business and industry, labor, natural resources, urban growth, housing, or public service activities, such as public health and education, relevant to the development of the parish.

(5) Provide information to officials of departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of state and local government and to the public at large in order to foster public awareness and understanding of the purposes and functions of the district or to stimulate public interest and participation in the orderly, integrated development of the parish.

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

(7) Solicit the assistance and active cooperation of industry and private civic organizations which are active in anti-litter and recycling efforts to assist in control and reduction of litter in the parish and encourage industry and private civic organizations to participate in the "adopt-a-road" program as provided in R.S. 30:2534 for the purpose of controlling litter along the highways of the parish.

(8) Hold public hearings and sponsor public forums whenever it deems it necessary or useful in accomplishing its object and purposes, exercising its powers, or carrying out its functions as provided in this Subpart.

(9) Exercise all other powers necessary and proper for the discharge of its functions.

Acts 2001, No. 1003, §1, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2005, No. 87, §1, eff. July 1, 2005.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4230 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4230
Commission of tax collector as part of maintenance cost
Status: in_force

The governing authority of any municipality or district may include in the maintenance cost of any sewerage or garbage district a sum sufficient to allow to the tax collector of the parish the same commission on the amount of the annual charges collected by him hereunder which the tax collector ordinarily receives under the existing laws for the collection of ad valorem taxes, and a sum sufficient to reimburse to the municipality or district and to the tax assessor the extra expense to which these authorities are subjected in levying and collecting the charges, the amount of which reimbursement in each case is to be fixed and determined by the governing authority.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3072 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3072
Definitions
Status: in_force

Whenever used in this Part, unless a different meaning clearly appears in the context, the following terms, whether used in the singular or plural, shall be given the following interpretations:

(1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district or any successor thereto.

(2) "District" means the Central Transition District or any successor thereto.

(3) "Mayor-president" means the mayor-president of the city of Baton Rouge and parish of East Baton Rouge.

(4) "Municipality" means the city of Central in East Baton Rouge Parish.

(5) "Municipal tax" means the two percent sales and use tax levied by the city of Central as provided in R.S. 33:3074(D)(5).

(6) "Parish" means East Baton Rouge Parish.

(7) "Parish tax" means the two percent sales and use tax levied in the unincorporated areas of the parish.

Acts 2005, No. 10, §1, eff. June 9, 2005.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:441.10 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 441.10
Town of Lockport; appointment of court magistrate; duties; salary
Status: in_force

The board of aldermen of the town of Lockport 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 or 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. 620, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9072 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9072
The Lake Forest Estates Improvement District
Status: in_force

A. Creation. The Lake Forest Estates Improvement special taxing district, hereinafter referred to as the "district", is hereby created in Orleans Parish, and the boundaries of the district shall be coterminous with boundaries of the Lake Forest Estates Subdivision.

B. Boundaries. The district is established for the primary object and purpose of promoting and encouraging the beautification, security, and overall betterment of the Lake Forest Estates Subdivision.

C. Governance. (1) In order for the orderly development and effectuation of the services to be furnished by the district and to provide for the representation in the affairs of the district of those persons and interests immediately concerned with and affected by the purposes and development of the area, the affairs of the district shall be managed by the Lake Forest Association's Board of Directors, hereinafter referred to as the "board".

(2) 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.

(3) 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 in the bylaws and may hold special meetings at such times and places within the district as may be prescribed in the bylaws.

(4) 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.

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

D. Taxing authority. (1)(a) The city council of the city of New Orleans is hereby authorized to levy and collect the special taxes or fees, as authorized by the Lake Forest Estates Improvement District, as hereinafter specifically provided for a term not to exceed eight years, in the same manner and at the same time as all other ad valorem taxes on property subject to taxation by the city are levied and collected, a special ad valorem tax not to exceed five mills or fees upon all taxable real property situated within the boundaries of the Lake Forest Estates Improvement District. A tax or fee herein authorized shall be levied and collected only after the question of its imposition has been submitted to and approved by a majority of the registered voters of the district voting on the question at a regularly scheduled primary or general election to be conducted in accordance with provisions of the Louisiana Election Code. No such tax or fee shall be levied until a plan requiring or requesting the levy of a tax or fee is finally and conclusively adopted in accordance with the procedures prescribed in this Section. Any unpaid tax or fee will 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 are unpaid ad valorem taxes.

(b) The tax or fee may be renewed subject to the provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph.

(c) The proceeds of said tax or fee shall be used solely and exclusively for the purposes and benefit of the district. Said 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. Said proceeds shall be paid out by the Board of Liquidation, City Debt, solely for the purposes herein provided upon warrants or drafts drawn on said Board of Liquidation, City Debt, by the appropriate officials of the city and the treasurer of the district. The city may retain one percent of the amount collected as a collection fee.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section to the contrary, no tax or fee authorized herein shall be levied until the maximum amount of the tax has been approved by a majority of the registered voters of the district voting on the question at a regularly scheduled primary or general election to be conducted in accordance with provisions of the Louisiana Election Code.

E. Plan. (1) The board shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, a plan or plans, such plan or plans, and the plan provided for in Subsection D of this Section, being hereinafter referred to, collectively, as the "plan", specifying the public improvements, facilities, and services proposed to be furnished, constructed, or acquired for the district, and it shall conduct such hearings, publish such notice with respect thereto, and disseminate such information as it in the exercise of its sound discretion may deem to be appropriate or advisable and in the public interest.

(2) Any plan shall include:

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

(b) An estimate of the aggregate number of mills or fees required to be levied in each year on the taxable real property within the district in order to provide the funds required for the implementation or effectuation of the plan for furnishing the services specified and for capital improvements or debt service, or both.

F. Miscellaneous provisions. The district shall have the power to acquire, to lease, to insure, and to sell real property within its boundaries in accordance with its plans.

Acts 1996, No. 44, §1, eff. July 1, 1996; Acts 1999, No. 1078, §2; Acts 1999, No. 1233, §2; Acts 2002, No. 34, §1; Acts 2002, No. 79, §1, eff. June 25, 2002; Acts 2003, No. 771, §1, eff. June 27, 2003.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3381 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3381
Street improvements authorized
Status: in_force

Municipalities, except New Orleans, having a population exceeding one thousand, and all incorporated parish seats may pave, gravel, macadamize, resurface, repair, or otherwise improve their streets and alleys and curbing, or any part of them one block or more in length within its corporate limits and may levy and collect special taxes or local assessments on the property abutting the street, curbing, alley, or sidewalk for the purpose of defraying the cost of the work. The costs shall include all expenses necessary in the performance of the work.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3814 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3814
Petition for waterworks district
Status: in_force

Police juries shall form a waterworks district when petitioned to do so in writing by not less than twenty-five persons owning and assessed for lands in the district. Corporations may sign the petition only if they are domiciled in the district. The petitions shall set forth substantially the boundaries of the district and the names of the persons to be appointed by the police jury as the commissioners of the district. If the district includes one or more municipalities the petition may set forth the names of the persons to be appointed by the governing authority of said municipality or municipalities as commissioners of the district.

Amended by Acts 1964, Ex.Sess., No. 26, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2339 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2339
Detail or secondary employment; city of New Orleans
Status: in_force

A.(1) The managing director and employees of the Office of Police and Secondary Employment (OPSE), or its successor, may only communicate with the New Orleans Police Department, its staff, officers, or superintendent regarding matters concerning paid detail or secondary employment assignments. All other matters shall be communicated in writing, in a standardized format available for public review. The provisions of this Subsection shall not apply to the Public Integrity Bureau.

(2) The provisions of this Section shall apply to any other entity which may be created, or which supercedes OPSE, to oversee or manage paid details or secondary employment of New Orleans city police officers.

B.(1) The office of the independent police monitor shall investigate any complaint concerning any detail or secondary employment of a New Orleans city police officer. In addition, the office of the independent police monitor may examine, review, audit, inspect, and investigate the records, books, reports, documents, papers, correspondence, accounts, audits, inspections, reviews, recommendations, plans, films, tapes, pictures, computer hard drives, software data, hardware data, e-mails, instant messages, text messages, and any other data and material relevant to any detail or secondary employment complaint and may issue an administrative subpoena duces tecum to require the production of books, records, documents, or other evidence deemed relevant or material to an investigation. The subpoena duces tecum shall comply with all applicable constitutionally established rights and processes.

(a) The subpoena duces tecum may be served by certified mail, return receipt requested, at the addressee's residence or business address.

(b) The entity receiving the subpoena duces tecum may file a motion with the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans to amend or quash the subpoena. The motion shall be filed any time before the date for attendance or compulsion specified in the subpoena or within twenty days after the subpoena duces tecum has been served, whichever is earlier. In no event shall any penalty attach to the recipient of such an administrative subpoena duces tecum for failure to respond without an order from the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans.

(c) If the subpoena duces tecum is not quashed and is not complied with by the date for production of documents, the office of the independent police monitor may apply to the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans for an order compelling compliance with the subpoena. Any person failing to comply with the order compelling compliance shall be adjudged in contempt of court.

(d) Any costs and attorney fees incurred by the office of the independent police monitor shall be taxed against the person who failed or refused to comply with the terms of the subpoena.

(e) When the office of the independent police monitor has reason to believe that a person may attempt to conceal or destroy materials essential to an investigation, examination, audit, or inspection, such office may apply by verified petition to the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans for an order protecting the materials from concealment or destruction. The court may order and fix the amount of a bond to be posted and conditioned upon compliance with the terms of the subpoena. The order shall be directed to the person upon whom the subpoena will be served and to any other person necessary to protect the materials from concealment or destruction.

(2) The office of the independent police monitor may examine the accounts and books of OPSE, or any other entity which may be created, or which supercedes the Office of Police and Secondary Employment, to oversee or manage paid details or secondary employment of New Orleans city police officers.

C.(1) The head of OPSE shall not be within the chain of command of the New Orleans Police Department but shall be bound to observe the Police Officers Bill of Rights and shall be prohibited from disciplining an officer.

(2) The chief management officer for the OPSE shall refer all complaints of unprofessional conduct to the Public Integrity Bureau.

D. The maximum administrative fee on hourly detail or secondary employment shall be five dollars per hour.

E. Each assignment of paid police detail and secondary employment, as well as any exempted detail or details exempted from rotation, the name of any coordinator assigned to such detail, as well as the rationale given for any exemption from detail policy or procedure shall be a public record subject to the Public Records Law.

F. All communications of OPSE, its managing director and employees regarding references to police officers, employees of the New Orleans Police Department, and businesses and other contracting entities regarding details or secondary employment shall be subject to a public records request and the information shall be considered a public record pursuant to R.S. 44:1 et seq., and shall also be available under the Freedom of Information Act.

G. As used in this Section, "OPSE" shall mean the Office of Police and Secondary Employment or any other entity which may be created, or which supercedes the Office of Police and Secondary Employment, to oversee or manage paid details or secondary employment of New Orleans city police officers.

H. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any police details or secondary employment by police personnel on behalf of any district created pursuant to Part II of Chapter 29 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

Acts 2013, No. 94, §1, eff. June 4, 2013.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9039.103 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9039.103
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) "Bond" means the bonds, notes, renewal notes, refunding bonds, interim certificates, certificates of indebtedness, certificates of participation, debentures, warrants, commercial paper, capital leases, revenue bonds, or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness authorized to be issued by a district.

(2) "District" means a local or regional economic development district created pursuant to this Chapter.

(3) "Obligation" means any bond and any cooperative endeavor agreement, financing or loan agreement, lease, sublease, or other agreement creating an obligation to repay borrowed money or for a duty to be performed.

(4) "Overhead" means salaries, rent, and other operating expenses of the district exclusive of program or development expenses.

(5) "Participating parish or municipality" means any parish or municipal governing authority in the state undertaking to form a district under this Chapter.

(6) "Project" means a capital improvement project including capital equipment funding as more particularly described in R.S. 33:9039.110.

(7) "Public entities" means (a) state boards, agencies or commissions, parishes, municipalities, city, parish, and other local school boards and districts, levee boards and districts, port boards and commissions, port, harbor, terminal and industrial districts, drainage and land reclamation districts, all special service districts including but not limited to road, water, sewerage, fire protection, recreation, hospital service, and gas utility districts; (b) all other political subdivisions, special authorities, commissions, public trusts, and boards heretofore or hereafter created by or pursuant to the constitution or statutes of the state, any laws incorporated into or ratified or confirmed by the constitution, or general or special charters of any parish or municipality; and (c) all other units of local government created by or governed by the governing authorities of parishes or municipalities.

(8) "State" means the state of Louisiana.

Acts 2006, No. 839, §1, eff. July 5, 2006.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2553 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2553
Admission to tests
Status: in_force

A. Admission to tests provided by the civil service board through the state examiner shall be as follows:

(1) Admission to a promotional test shall be limited to regular employees of the class next lower than that for which they are to be examined. However, the rules may provide for admission to be extended to applicants from any one or more of the next lower classes.

(2) Admission to competitive tests shall be open to all persons who meet the requirements provided by this Part and the rules of the board.

(3) Any applicant admitted to a test shall be a citizen of the United States, and of legal age.

(4) Special requirements or qualifications for admission to tests or for eligibility for appointment, such as age, education, physical requirements, and the like, may be established by rules adopted by the board, after consultation with the appointing authority. Any applicant, at the time of his appointment to a position in the classified service, must be of good health, good moral character, and of temperate and industrious habits.

(5) The board or the state examiner may reject the application of any person for admission to tests of fitness, or refuse any applicant to be tested, or may cancel the eligibility of any eligible on any employment list, who:

(a) Is found to lack any of the qualifications prescribed, or which may be legally prescribed, as requirements for admission to the tests for the class for which he has applied;

(b) Is physically unfit to perform effectively the duties of a position of the class;

(c) Is addicted to the habitual use of drugs or intoxicating liquors to excess;

(d) Has been adjudged guilty of a crime involving moral turpitude or infamous or notoriously disgraceful conduct;

(e) Has been found cheating on an exam;

(f) Has made a false statement of any material fact; or

(g) Has practiced or attempted to practice deception or fraud in securing eligibility for appointment or attempting to do so.

B. Any such facts also shall be considered cause for removal of any employee. The board shall reject any application filed after the time fixed for closing receipt of applications as announced in the public notice of the tests.

C. Any applicant admitted to the competitive examinations which may be called for by the state examiner pursuant to R.S. 33:2552(1)(c) or (2) shall be a citizen of the United States and of legal age.

Acts 1964, No. 282, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1092, §1; Acts 2006, No. 212, §2, eff. July 1, 2006; Acts 2019, No. 224, §1; Acts 2020, No. 38, §1; Acts 2022, No. 400, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3
Governor's determination; special election
Status: in_force

A. Upon receipt of the certificate from the registrar of voters, the governor shall determine if the petition complies with the provisions of this Subpart, including the requirement that in excess of two hundred inhabitants reside in the area proposed for incorporation. If the governor finds that there has been compliance with the provisions of this Subpart, he shall call a special election to be held on the next possible date for special elections specified in R.S. 18:402.

B. The special election shall be for the purpose of determining whether the unincorporated area described in the petition shall become a municipality. All qualified electors residing within the area proposed for incorporation shall be entitled to vote in the special election and the election shall be held in accordance with the procedures specified in R.S. 18:1300. The costs of the special election shall be borne by the parish in which the area proposed for incorporation is located. If such area is located in more than one parish, the cost of the election shall be prorated between the parishes on the basis of the percentage of electors residing in each parish who are eligible to vote in the election. The results of the election shall be determined and promulgated as provided in R.S. 18:1300.

C. If a majority of the electors voting in the special election vote against incorporation, no petition for incorporation of all or a part of the area proposed for incorporation under this Subpart may be circulated for two years from the date of the election.

D. If a majority of electors voting in the special election vote for incorporation, a chairperson for the petition shall publish the results of the election once in the official journal of the parish in which the area is located. However, if the area is located in more than one parish, the results of the election shall be published once in the official journals of each of the parishes in which the area is located. The notice of the results of the election shall also state the name of the municipality, that the municipality will be legally incorporated thirty days from the date of the publication unless a legal action contesting the incorporation is filed within the thirty-day period, and that notice of such action must be served on the chairperson within the thirty-day period.

E. If a chairperson has not received notice within the prescribed period, the area proposed to be incorporated shall become a municipal corporation at the expiration of the prescribed period and shall have the municipal name set forth in the petition. A chairperson for the petition shall file the following documents in the office of the secretary of state: a copy of the petition, a certified copy of the results of the election, and a copy of the notice or notices announcing the results of the election and stating the date on which the municipality would become legally incorporated barring the institution of legal action within the time specified in R.S. 33:3(D).

Acts 1984, No. 536, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1984; Acts 1999, No. 425, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4887 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4887
Municipal powers; demand; sworn detailed statement; privileges; sewer and water
Status: in_force

A. The governing authority of a municipality shall have a privilege against a multifamily residential property for the amount of any unpaid service charge or user fee for sewage disposal or water system services the municipality provides. The privilege shall apply only to multifamily residential property that uses a master meter service agreement in which a single water meter or collection of meters measures the total water or sewage services usage for the entire property or multiple units within a development. For purposes of this Section, multifamily residential property shall mean immovable property consisting of more than four dwelling units occupied by persons other than the owner of the immovable property.

B. When an owner of a multifamily residential property with a master meter service agreement fails to pay the service charge or user fee for the sewage disposal or water system services, a municipal governing authority seeking to collect the past due amounts owed shall make written demand by any of the following:

(1) United States mail postage paid, or commercial courier as defined in Code of Civil Procedure Article 1313(D), to the mailing address designated by the owner.

(2) Electronic mail to the address designated by the owner.

(3) Hand delivery to the physical location of the multifamily residential property, if neither a mailing address nor an electronic mail address has been designated by the owner.

(4) Any other method reasonably calculated to provide notice to the owner.

C.(1) The owner shall have thirty days after the written demand to deliver payment for the amount owed to the municipal governing authority.

(2) The municipal governing authority shall apply any sums paid by the owner following delivery of the written demand to the balance owed.

(3) After expiration of the thirty-day period, the municipal governing authority may file a sworn detailed statement of privilege in accordance with this Section.

D. Upon the filing of a sworn detailed statement of privilege, the municipal governing authority shall have a privilege upon the multifamily residential property. The privilege shall secure unpaid service charges, user fees, together with interest thereon at the legal interest rate from the date due.

E.(1) The sworn detailed statement of privilege shall be signed and verified by a municipal official with knowledge of the unpaid service charges or user fees for sewage disposal or water system services and filed for registry in the mortgage records of the parish where the multifamily residential property is located. The statement of privilege shall include all of the following:

(a) Complete property description of the applicable multifamily residential property.

(b) Name of the recorded owner the date that the service charges or user fees became delinquent.

(c) Statement of the amount of unpaid service charges or user fees owed for sewage disposal or water system services.

(d) Date the written demand was made upon the owner.

(2) A privilege pursuant to this Section is effective from the time the statement of privilege is filed for registry in the mortgage records and, except as otherwise provided in the Private Works Act, R.S. 9:4801 et seq., is preferred in rank to all mortgages, privileges, and other rights that become effective against third persons after recordation of the statement of privilege authorized pursuant to this Section.

(3) The effect of recordation of a statement of privilege filed under this Section shall cease in accordance with Civil Code Article 3357 and may be reinscribed in accordance with applicable law.

Acts 2025, No. 99, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9038.42 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9038.42
Tax increment financing; limitations
Status: in_force

A.(1) For purposes of this Section, "authorized by Part III of this Chapter to use or engage in tax increment financing" shall mean that the provisions of Part III of this Chapter authorize the political subdivision to levy new taxes, to levy taxes in lieu of other taxes, or both, and to pledge or dedicate tax increments based on such taxes to the payment of, or guaranty of the payment of, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness.

(2) For purposes of this Section, "political subdivision" shall mean any parish, municipality, political subdivision, special district, or local governmental subdivision, including any entity defined by this Chapter as a local governmental subdivision which is authorized by Part III of this Chapter to use or engage in tax increment financing.

B. Notwithstanding any provision of Part III of this Chapter or law to the contrary, the authority granted by Part III of this Chapter to any political subdivision to use or engage in tax increment financing shall be subject to the following limitations:

(1)(a) No tax levied pursuant to Part III of this Chapter shall, or shall be deemed to, supersede or be in lieu of any existing tax that secures bonds that have been authorized or issued or any existing tax that has been dedicated to another purpose by other law or by proposition approved by electors voting in an election held for such purpose. A tax levied pursuant to Part III of this Chapter shall, and shall be deemed to, supersede and be in lieu of only such other taxes that do not secure bonds that have been authorized or issued and that have not been dedicated to another purpose by other law or by proposition approved by electors voting in an election held for such purpose and that are not based on a per head or per person basis.

(b) Those taxes not superseded by a tax authorized by Part III of this Chapter shall continue to be levied and collected for their intended purposes.

(2) A tax increment based upon a tax levied pursuant to Part III of this Chapter shall consist only of the avails of taxes levied pursuant to Part III of this Chapter which supersede and are in lieu of other such taxes levied by other taxing authorities.

(3)(a) The rate of the tax levied by a political subdivision pursuant to Part III of this Chapter shall be such that the aggregate tax rate of all taxes of the same kind levied within the jurisdiction of the taxing area or district by all taxing authorities, including the tax authorized by Part III of this Chapter and other taxes of the same kind levied within the jurisdiction whether or not subject to tax increment financing as provided in Part III of this Chapter, shall be at least equal to the aggregate rate of all taxes of the same kind levied and collected within the jurisdiction by all taxing authorities prior to the levy of the tax by the political subdivision pursuant to Part III of this Chapter.

(b) For purposes of this Section, "taxes of the same kind" shall mean taxes within any one of the following categories:

(i) Hotel occupancy taxes, when the tax levied by a political subdivision pursuant to this Chapter is a hotel occupancy tax.

(ii) Sales taxes, when the tax levied by a political subdivision pursuant to this Chapter is a sales tax.

(iii) Ad valorem taxes, when the tax levied by a political subdivision pursuant to this Chapter is an ad valorem tax.

C. Notwithstanding any provision of this Chapter to the contrary, if any portion of a tax levied or tax increment pledged or dedicated pursuant to this Chapter is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of such tax or tax increment.

Acts 2006, No. 850, §1, eff. July 11, 2006.

NOTE: See Acts 2006, No. 850, §3, relative to intent of Act to conform Part III of Chapter 27 of Title 33 with certain La. Supreme Court decisions.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3890 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3890
Reorganization of districts
Status: in_force

Within sixty days after July 30, 1952, the board of supervisors of any sewerage district heretofore created shall meet and reorganize in accordance with the provisions of this Sub-part, and such board shall thereafter be the governing authority of such district.

Added by Acts 1952, No. 495, §6.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2802 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2802
Special taxes excepted
Status: in_force

Taxes authorized in R.S. 33:2801 shall be exclusive of and in addition to taxes levied in pursuance of special elections held by authority of law relating to special taxes.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4575 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4575
Harbor Center District
Status: in_force

There is hereby created the Harbor Center District. The district shall consist of the entire area within Ward Eight and Ward Nine of St. Tammany Parish, including any municipalities in those wards. The district is created for the purposes set forth in R.S. 33:4575 through 4575.6, and shall be responsible for the acquisition, construction, development, maintenance, and operation of an events center and the programs and events undertaken therein.

Acts 1986, No. 685, §1, eff. July 8, 1986; Acts 1991, No. 378, §1, eff. July 6, 1991; Acts 2006, No. 537, §1; Acts 2019, No. 182, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4221 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4221
Bond issue
Status: in_force

Any municipal corporation, the City of New Orleans excepted, or any district created for the purpose of supplying the public with a public utility may, for the purpose of constructing, acquiring, extending, or improving any revenue producing public utility, within or without the limits of the municipality or district, issue bonds secured exclusively, principal and interest, by mortgage on the lands, buildings, machinery, and equipment, and by pledge of the income and revenues of the public utility.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.50.32 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.50.32
Board of adjustment
Status: in_force

A.(1) The zoning ordinances shall provide for a board of adjustment composed of five members. Two members shall be appointed by the town council, two members shall be appointed by the policy jury, and one member shall be appointed jointly by the town council and the police jury.

(2) All members of the board shall be residents and qualified voters of the metropolitan area.

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

(4) Members shall be eligible for reappointment.

(5) Members shall serve without compensation.

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

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

C.(1) The zoning ordinance may provide that the board of adjustment may permit special exemptions to the zoning regulations in the classes of cases or situations and in accordance with the principles, conditions, safeguards, and procedures specified in the ordinance.

(2) The ordinance may also authorize the board of adjustment to interpret the zoning maps and pass upon disputed questions of lot lines or district boundary lines or similar questions as they arise in the administration of the zoning regulations.

(3) The ordinance may further authorize the board of adjustment to grant a variance from the strict application of zoning regulations where other procedures for variance or modification are not specified in the zoning ordinance.

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

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

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

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

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

Acts 2019, No. 75, §1.