La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4791 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4791
Regulation of private ambulance services
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the governing authority of each municipality within the state of Louisiana shall have the power to adopt ordinances for the regulation of ambulance services operated by private individuals or companies within the corporate limits of said municipality.

B. In the parishes of Caddo and Bossier, this power shall include but not be limited to the power to franchise, exclusively or otherwise, emergency ambulance operations within said municipalities. In exercising the power authorized in this Subsection, municipalities are hereby specifically authorized to take action that would, absent this explicit grant or authority, violate the antitrust laws of the United States and/or this state as they may now or hereafter be written. Provided, however, that in event an exclusive franchise is issued, the process employed in granting said exclusive franchise shall provide that it shall be awarded by the municipal governing authority to the entity submitting the best bid in response to a publicly advertised request for bids and further provide that no exclusive franchise shall be granted for period of time to exceed five years. Exclusive franchises shall be issued only for emergency ambulance services and shall be issued only to ambulance service companies who have agreed in writing to provide service to all eligible medicare and medicaid recipients.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 770, §1. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 100, §1, eff. July 11, 1982.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9042 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9042
Commission, qualification of members; officers, appointment; vacancies; compensation; removal of commissioners
Status: in_force

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

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

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

D. Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, the governing authority of an ambulance service district in Cameron Parish shall not compensate its board of commissioners nor pay members a per diem for attending a regular or special meeting of the district. However, the governing authority shall reimburse the commissioners for actual expenses related to attending meetings and any other business on behalf of the district.

Added by Acts 1980, No. 304, §1; Acts 2015, No. 280, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9097.34 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9097.34
Plantation Trace Crime Prevention and Improvement District
Status: in_force

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

B. Boundaries. The district shall include the following areas: Lots X-1 through X-5 of the Robert McGill Tract, the W.P. Wray tract and all lots in Plantation Trace Subdivision, except Lot 1.

C. Purpose. The purpose of the district is to aid in crime prevention and to add to the security of the district residents by providing for an increase in the presence of law enforcement personnel in the district and to add to the overall betterment of the district by providing for beautification and other improvements within the district, including the construction of a neighborhood playground.

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

(a) The president of the Plantation Trace Residents Association.

(b) The president of the Plantation Trace Residents Association shall appoint three members.

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

(d) The member of the governing authority of the city of Baton Rouge, parish of East Baton Rouge whose district encompasses all or the greater portion of the area of the district shall appoint one member.

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

(2)(a) Members appointed pursuant to Subparagraphs (1)(b) through (e) of this Subsection shall serve three-year terms after initial terms as provided in Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph.

(b) Two members shall serve an initial term of one year; two shall serve two years; and two shall serve three years as determined by lot at the first meeting of the board.

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

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

(4) The secretary of the board shall maintain the minute books and archives of the district. The monies, funds, and accounts of the district shall be in the official custody of the board.

(5) The board shall adopt such bylaws as it deems necessary or advisable for conducting its business affairs. Rules and regulations of the board relative to the notice and conduct of meetings shall conform to applicable law, including, if applicable, the Open Meetings Law. The board shall hold regular meetings as provided for in the bylaws and may hold special meetings at times and places within the district as prescribed in the bylaws.

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

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

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

(1) To sue and be sued.

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

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

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

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

(6) To purchase, lease, rent, or otherwise acquire items, supplies, and services necessary or deemed appropriate for achieving any purpose of the district.

(7) To acquire, lease, insure, and sell immovable property within the boundaries of the district in accordance with district plans.

(8) To accept private grants and donations.

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

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

(1) The fee shall be imposed by duly adopted resolution of the board. The fee shall be a flat fee not to exceed three hundred dollars per parcel per year.

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

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

(4) The fee shall be imposed only after its imposition has been approved by a majority of the registered voters of the district voting on the proposition at an election held for that purpose in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code.

(5) The term of the imposition of the fee shall be as provided in the proposition authorizing the fee, not to exceed ten years. The fee may be renewed if the renewal is approved by the voters in the manner provided in Paragraph (4) of this Subsection. If renewed, the term of the imposition of the fee shall be as provided in the proposition authorizing such renewal, not to exceed ten years.

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

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

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

H. Budget. (1) The board shall adopt an annual budget in accordance with the Louisiana Local Government Budget Act, R.S. 39:1301 et seq.

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

I. Miscellaneous provisions. (1) It is the purpose and intent of this Section that any additional law enforcement personnel and services provided for through the fees authorized in this Section shall be supplemental to, and not in lieu of, personnel and services to be provided in the district by publicly funded law enforcement agencies.

(2) If the district ceases to exist, any funds of the district shall be transmitted to the governing authority of the city of Baton Rouge, parish of East Baton Rouge, and shall be used for law enforcement purposes in the area which comprised the district.

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

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

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

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

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

Acts 2021, No. 264, §1, eff. June 14, 2021.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1659 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1659
Oath required of tax collector making claim against parish
Status: in_force

The parish treasurer shall not receive any claim against the parish from any collector of taxes, unless the collector makes oath or affirmation (to be administered by the treasurer) that he has paid the full amount expressed on the face of the claim and that he has not, directly or indirectly, speculated in the public money.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2420 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2420
Hours of work, holidays, attendance, and leave
Status: in_force

The rules shall provide for the hours of work, vacations, holidays, attendance regulations, and leaves of absence in the various classes of positions in the classified service. They shall contain provisions for annual, sick, and special leaves of absence with or without pay or with reduced pay, and may allow special extended leaves for employees disabled through injury or illness arising out of their employment, and the accumulation of annual and sick leaves. They shall contain provisions for leaves of absence for women for a reasonable time prior to and after childbirth. When an employee is transferred by mutual consent, or by virtue of a promotion, from a position under one organization unit to a position under another, the value of any unused annual leave earned by him shall be computed and payment for it shall be made by the organization unit under whose employment the annual leave was earned to the organization unit to which the employee is transferred. The organization unit to which the employee is transferred shall credit the employee with the number of days annual leave for which it has received payment.

Funds transferred by one organization unit to another organization unit in payment of accumulated annual leave shall be available to the receiving organization unit for payroll purposes over and above any funds appropriated to the organization unit. The rules shall contain provisions relating to the payment to an employee of accrued annual leave when an employee's services with the city are terminated under conditions which make, in accordance with the rules, the employee eligible for payment of accrued annual leave. When an employee is transferred from a position under one appointing authority to a position under another, his accumulated unused sick leave shall be transferred with him.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4317 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4317
Billing procedure; separate accounts; fidelity bonds
Status: in_force

All bills for water, power, and lights, and other charges, shall be prepared and sent out monthly and payments thereof shall continue to be paid to and received by the clerk of the municipality. Separate bank accounts for the water, light and power systems shall be kept by the clerk of the municipality. The clerk of the municipality and all persons handling or receiving in any way funds from said systems shall execute to the fidelity bonds in such amounts and under such conditions and coverage as the commission may desire or deem advisable.

Acts 1972, No. 598, §6.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4720.63 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4720.63
Bonds as legal investment
Status: in_force

A. All banks, trust companies, bankers, savings banks, and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking or investment business; all insurance companies, insurance associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business; and all executors, administrators, curators, trustees, and other fiduciaries may legally invest any sinking funds, monies, or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds or other obligations issued by the authority pursuant to this Chapter; but the bonds and other obligations shall be secured by an agreement between the issuer and the federal government in which the issuer agrees to borrow from the federal government and the federal government agrees to lend to the issuer, prior to the maturity of such bonds or other obligations, monies in any amount which together with any other monies irrevocably committed to the payment of principal and interest on the bonds or other obligations will suffice to pay the principal of the bonds or other obligations with interest to maturity thereon, which monies under the terms of said agreement are required to be used for the purpose of paying the principal of and the interest on the bonds or other obligations at their maturity. Bonds and other obligations shall be authorized security for all public deposits. It is the purpose of this Section to authorize any persons, political subdivisions, and officers, public or private, to use any funds owned or controlled by them for the purchase of any such bonds or other obligations.

B. Nothing contained in this Section with regard to legal investments shall be construed as relieving any persons of any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities.

Acts 2004, No. 349, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:447.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 447.3
Mayor's court; town of Clinton; additional court costs
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the mayor in the town of Clinton may also impose additional court costs not to exceed fifteen 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 town of Clinton police department to be used to defray operational expenses of the department.

Acts 1999, No. 319, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9075 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9075
Lake Oaks Subdivision Improvement District; creation, composition, and powers; levy of parcel fee
Status: in_force

A. Creation. The Lake Oaks Subdivision Improvement District, a special taxing district and political subdivision of the state, hereinafter referred to as the "district", is hereby created in Orleans Parish.

B. Boundaries. The district shall include all property within the following boundaries: commencing at the northeast intersection of New York Street and Elysian Fields Avenue proceed in a northerly direction a distance of one hundred feet to a point at the northwest corner of Lot 20, Block 5 of the Lake Oaks Subdivision, being the point of beginning; thence proceed at a right angle into the right-of-way of Elysian Fields Avenue to its midpoint; thence proceed in a northerly direction along the midline of Elysian Fields Avenue a distance of one thousand six hundred three feet to a point and corner; thence proceed at a right angle toward the northwest corner of Square Three, Lake Oaks Subdivision, to a point and corner; thence proceed two hundred thirty-two feet to a point on Lake Oaks Parkway right-of-way; thence proceed along the north right-of-way line of Lake Oaks Parkway a distance of one thousand eight hundred nine feet to a point and corner on the northeast corner of Lake Oaks Subdivision; thence proceed in a southerly direction toward Leon C. Simon Drive along the east side of Lake Oaks Subdivision a distance of one thousand four hundred thirty-nine feet to the midpoint of Leon C. Simon Drive; thence proceed in a westerly direction along the center line of Leon C. Simon Drive a distance of five hundred ninety-three feet to a point and corner; thence proceed at an angle towards New York Street along the midline of St. Roch Avenue a distance of two hundred four feet to a point and corner; thence proceed in a westerly direction towards the center of Block 6, Lake Oaks Subdivision, a distance of sixty-four feet to the east line of Block 6, Lake Oaks Subdivision; thence proceed along the south side of the alleyway (south of Lots 1 through 10 in Block 6 and Lots 1 through 10 in Block 5) a distance of one thousand three hundred twenty-five feet to a point and corner on the east right-of-way line of Elysian Fields Avenue being the point of beginning. All measurements are more or less and subject to survey.

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

D. Governance. (1) In order to provide for the orderly development of the district 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 district shall be managed by a nine-member board of commissioners as provided by this Subsection.

(a) The Lake Oaks Homeowners Association board of directors shall appoint four members.

(b) The mayor of New Orleans shall appoint one member.

(c) The member or members of the New Orleans city council who represent the area which comprises the district shall appoint two members.

(d) The member or members of the Louisiana House of Representatives who represent the area which comprises the district shall appoint one member.

(e) The member or members of the Louisiana Senate who represent the area which comprises the district shall appoint one member.

(2) Each member of the board shall be a resident of the district.

(3) Except for initial terms, a commissioner's term shall be four years. Two commissioners shall serve an initial term of one year, two of two years, two of three years, and three of four years as determined by lot at the first meeting of the board. A commissioner shall serve until his successor has been appointed and qualified.

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

(5) 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 which rules and regulations relative to public notice and conduct of public meetings shall all conform to the provisions of R.S. 42:11 et seq. It shall hold regular meetings and may hold special meetings as shall be provided in the bylaws.

(6) 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 residents of the district.

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

E. Plan. (1) The board shall prepare or cause to be prepared a plan or plans, such plan or plans hereinafter referred to collectively as the "plan", specifying the public improvements, facilities, and services proposed to be furnished, constructed, or acquired for the district. The board shall conduct such hearings, publish 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 facilities, improvements, or services set forth therein.

(b) An estimate of the rate of the parcel fee required to be levied in each year in order to provide the funds required for the implementation or effectuation of the plan for furnishing the specified services and improvements.

F. Parcel fee. (1) The governing authority of New Orleans may levy and collect a parcel fee upon all taxable real property within the district in accordance with the provisions of this Subsection.

(a) Such fee shall be levied only as authorized by the board of commissioners of the Lake Oaks Subdivision Improvement District and only after the question of its levy has been submitted to the registered voters of the district at an election held for that purpose in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code and such proposition has been approved by not fewer than a majority of the voters voting on the proposition in such election. The election on the question of the initial imposition of the fee shall be held at the same time as the regularly scheduled election in the city of New Orleans to be held on November 2, 2004, or, if not held on that date, it shall be held at the same time as a regularly scheduled election in the city of New Orleans held after that date. The amount of the fee may be changed as authorized by the board and in accordance with a plan prepared as provided in Subsection E of this Section, not to exceed the maximum amount authorized as provided in this Section. No other election shall be required for such change in the amount of the fee.

(b) Such fee shall be levied for a term not to exceed six years but may be renewed by election subsequent to the initial levy. Any election to authorize renewal of the fee shall be held only at the same time as the mayoral primary election for the city of New Orleans, and any such renewal shall be for a term not to exceed four years.

(c) Such fee shall be levied and collected in the same manner and at the same time as all other taxes on property levied and collected by the city.

(d) Such fee shall not exceed eight hundred dollars per parcel per year.

(e) Any unpaid 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.

(2) Except for the collection fee authorized in this Paragraph, the proceeds of the fee shall be used solely and exclusively for the purposes and benefit of the district and in accordance with the plan developed pursuant to Subsection E of this Section. The proceeds shall be paid over to the Board of Liquidation, City Debt, day-by-day as the same proceeds are collected and received by the appropriate officials of the city of New Orleans and maintained in a separate account. The Board of Liquidation, City Debt, shall remit to the district payments requested by warrant or draft not more than thirty days after the receipt of the warrant or draft. However, the city may retain one percent of the amount collected as a collection fee.

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

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

H. Miscellaneous provisions. (1) The governing authority of the district may contract with the New Orleans Police Department or with a private security company that has been certified and approved by the superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department for the provision of security patrols in the district. It is the purpose and intent of this Section that any additional security patrols, public or private, provided by the district shall be supplemental to and not in lieu of personnel and services provided in the district by the New Orleans Police Department.

(2) The district may perform or have performed any other function or activity necessary for the achievement of its primary objective of encouraging the beautification, security, and overall betterment of the Lake Oaks Subdivision Improvement District.

Acts 2000, 2d Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. July 5, 2000; Acts 2001, No. 118, §1; Acts 2004, No. 199, §1, eff. June 14, 2004; Acts 2022, No. 761, §1.

NOTE: See Acts 2004, No. 199, §2, relative to implementation of change in membership of board of commissioners.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:141 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 141
Authorizing special election to change parish boundary
Status: in_force

Whenever the police jury of any parish passes an ordinance changing a boundary line between it and any adjoining parish, it shall serve the president of the police jury of the adjoining parish with a copy of the ordinance. If the police jury of the second parish concurs in the object and purposes of the ordinance, both police juries shall pass ordinances providing for special elections to be held in both parishes within sixty days from the passage of the ordinances.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.157 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.157
Board of adjustment; membership; powers, and procedure; appeals
Status: in_force

A. The police jury may provide for the appointment of a board of adjustment and, in the regulations and restrictions adopted pursuant to the authority of this Subpart, may provide that the board may determine and vary the application of such regulations and restrictions in harmony with their general purpose and intent and in accordance with general or specific rules contained therein. The board of adjustment shall consist of five members, who shall be property owners and qualified voters. Of the members initially appointed, one shall be appointed for a term of one year, one shall be appointed to serve two years, and one for three years, one for four years and one for five years. Thereafter, all members shall be appointed for terms of five years each. All members shall be removable for cause by the governing authority, upon written charges and after public hearing. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term of the member whose term becomes vacant. The board shall elect its own chairman, who shall serve for one year. The board shall adopt rules in accordance with the provisions of any ordinance adopted pursuant to this Subpart.

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

C. Appeals to the board of adjustment may be taken by any person aggrieved or by any officer, department, board or bureau of the parish affected by any decision of the administrative officer. Appeals shall be taken within a reasonable time, as provided by the rules of the board, by filing with the officer from whom the appeal is taken, and with the board of adjustment, a notice of appeal specifying the grounds thereof. The officer from whom the appeal is taken shall forthwith transmit to the board all papers constituting the record upon which the action appealed from was taken. An appeal stays all proceedings in furtherance of the action appealed from, unless the officer from whom the appeal is taken certifies to the board of adjustment after the notice of appeal has been filed with him that, by reason of facts stated in the certificate, a stay would, in his opinion, cause immediate peril of life or property. In such case, proceedings shall not be stayed otherwise than by a restraining order which may be granted by the board of adjustment or by a court of record or application or notice to the officers from whom the appeal is taken and on due cause shown. The board of adjustment shall fix a reasonable time for the hearing of the appeal, give public notice thereof and notice to the interested parties, and shall render its decision on the appeal within a reasonable time. Any party may appear at the hearing in person or by agent or by attorney. The board of adjustment shall have the following powers:

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

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

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

In exercising the above mentioned power the board may, in conformity with this Subpart, reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or may modify the order, requirement, decision or determination appealed from, and may make such order, requirement, decision or determination as ought to be made, and to that end it shall have all the powers of the officer from whom the appeal is taken. The concurring vote of four members of the board shall be necessary to reverse any order, requirement, decision or determination of any administrative official, or to decide in favor of the applicant on any matter upon which it is required to pass under any ordinance, or to effect any variation in the ordinance.

D. Any person or persons jointly or severally aggrieved by any decision of the board of adjustment, or any officer, department, board or bureau of the parish, may present to the district court for the parish a petition, duly verified, setting forth that the decision is illegal, in whole or in part, and specifying the grounds of the illegality. The petition shall be presented to the court within thirty days after the filing of the decision in the office of the board. Upon the presentation of such petition, the court may allow a writ of certiorari directed to the board of adjustment to review the decision of the board of adjustment and shall prescribe therein the time within which a return may be served upon the relator's attorney, which shall not be less than ten days but which may be extended by the court. The allowance of the writ shall not stay proceedings upon the decision appealed from, but the court may, on application after notice to the board and on due cause shown grant a restraining order. The board of adjustment shall not be required to return the original papers acted upon by it, but may return certified or sworn copies thereof or such portions thereof as may be called for by the writ. The return shall concisely set forth such other facts as may be pertinent and material to show the grounds in the decision appealed from, and shall be verified. If, upon the hearing, it appears to the court that testimony is necessary for the proper disposition of the matter, it may take additional evidence or it may appoint a referee to take such evidence as it may direct and report the same to the court with his findings of fact and conclusions of law, which shall constitute a part of the proceedings upon which the determination of the court shall be made. The court may reverse or affirm, wholly or in part, or may modify the decision brought before it for review. Costs shall not be allowed against the board unless it appears to the court that it acted with gross negligence, or in bad faith, or with malice in making the decision from which the appeal was taken. All issues in any proceedings under this subsection shall have preference over all other civil actions and proceedings.

Acts 1988, No. 570, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9576 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9576
Calcasieu Parish Gaming Revenue District
Status: in_force

A. The conduct of gaming is a matter of interest to the voters within the incorporated and unincorporated areas of Calcasieu Parish hereinafter, the "parish", as voters of the entire parish must approve the conduct of gaming within the parish. The laws of this state provide that riverboat gaming revenues are paid to either the governing body of the parish or the municipality depending upon where the riverboat is located. Accordingly, voters of all municipalities and the unincorporated areas of the parish are eligible to approve riverboat gaming operations; however, under the provisions of R.S. 27:93(A) and 391(C), all municipalities do not share in the revenues derived from riverboat gaming unless a gaming district is established in accordance with the provisions of this Section. Accordingly, in order to promote and provide for the general welfare and harmony of all persons residing within the boundaries of Calcasieu Parish, the municipalities which receive revenues derived from riverboat gaming are hereby authorized to transfer and assign the authority to levy and collect those fees, assessments, and taxes levied under the provisions of R.S. 27:93(A) and 391(C) to a district established in accordance with the provisions of this Section. It is also the intent of this legislation to authorize the gaming district to provide for and promote the diversification and expansion of the economy of all areas of the parish of Calcasieu by authorizing the allocation and distribution of certain gaming revenues to various political subdivisions within the parish and by authorizing the incurring of debt and issuance of bonds. The Legislature of Louisiana hereby determines that such allocation and distribution and such incurring of debt and issuance of bonds will aid in economic development and is a valid legal obligation of the parish and the municipalities within the parish. Accordingly, it is hereby determined that authorizing the creation of the Calcasieu Parish Gaming Revenue District and the carrying out of the public purposes of the district is in all respects a public and governmental purpose exercised by the political subdivisions of the parish in furtherance of the public policies of this state.

B. The parish of Calcasieu, the city of Lake Charles, the town of Westlake, the town of Vinton, the city of Sulphur, the city of DeQuincy, and the town of Iowa are hereby authorized to enter into a cooperative endeavor, or joint services agreement as provided for in this Section for the establishment of a district, to be known as the Calcasieu Parish Gaming Revenue District hereinafter, the "district", as a special taxing district with boundaries coterminous with the boundaries of the parish of Calcasieu and which shall be a body politic and corporate and a political subdivision of the state. The district shall be established for the purpose of levying, collecting, and distributing the fees and assessments levied in accordance with the terms and conditions of the written contracts executed between the local governing authorities of Calcasieu Parish and the riverboat licensees pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 27:93(A) and the tax on the proceeds from the slot machines at the racetrack which are levied in said parish pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 27:391(C). The district shall have the further purpose of incurring debt and issuing bonds for the purposes as provided in this Section.

C. The cooperative endeavor or joint services agreement shall provide for all of the following:

(1) The terms, powers, and duties of the board, in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 33:1332. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, members of the board may include elected officials who represent any of the parties to the agreement.

(2) The administrative and operational procedures, rules, and regulations of the district not to be provided by the board.

(3) The manner in which the expenses of the district shall be paid.

(4)(a) The formula by which revenue collected by the district shall be distributed to the entities participating in the district.

(b)(i) The governing authority of the parish of Calcasieu shall annually prepare a report no later than February first which shall include the total amount of gaming revenues received by the parish from the district during the previous calendar year. The report prepared in 2009 shall include information required by this Item for each calendar year from 2005 through 2008. The report shall be distributed to the members of the legislative delegation no later than February fifteenth of each year. The report shall also include the following:

(aa) The total amount of gaming revenues distributed by the governing authority of the parish to the governing authorities of the municipalities of Sulphur, Vinton, Iowa, and DeQuincy during the previous calendar year.

(bb) The total amount of gaming revenues expended by the parish in the unincorporated areas of the parish during the previous calendar year for the following purposes: water, drainage, and sewerage. The report shall include the actual dollar amount and actual percentage of total gaming revenues expended by project in the unincorporated areas of the parish for such purposes.

(cc) The cumulative total amount of gaming revenues received by the parish from the district and not expended or distributed by the governing authority of the parish.

(ii) The governing authority of the city of Lake Charles shall annually prepare a report no later than February first which shall include the total amount of gaming revenues received by the city during the previous fiscal year. The report prepared in 2009 shall include information required by this Item for each fiscal year from 2005-2006 through 2007-2008. The report shall be distributed to the members of the legislative delegation no later than February fifteenth of each year. The report shall also include the following:

(aa) The total amount of gaming revenues expended by the governing authority of the city within the city limits for the following purposes: water, drainage, and sewerage. The report shall include the actual dollar amount and actual percentage of total gaming revenues expended by project by the governing authority of the city within the city limits for such purposes.

(bb) The cumulative total amount of gaming revenues received by the city from the district and not expended or distributed by the governing authority of the city.

(5) The creation of an Economic Response Fund to be used for economic development purposes as determined by the board, including but not limited to developing economic incentive packages for potential new businesses in the parish or funding new business parks to be used to solicit new businesses in the parish.

(6) Providing for the collection, administration, distribution, allocation, and utilization of revenues generated from riverboats and racetracks in the parish in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 27:93(A) and 391(C).

(7) The incurring of debt and issuing of bonds as provided in this Section.

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

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

(2) To sue and be sued.

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

(4) To contract with the state for the collection of any taxes authorized.

(5) In its own name and behalf, to borrow money and to incur debt for any one or more of its lawful purposes, 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, all as provided in Subsection E of this Section.

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

E. Bonds. (1) In addition to all authority of the district as provided in this Section or granted by other law, the district may incur debt and issue revenue bonds to be secured by the fees, assessments, taxes, or any revenues collected by the district for the purposes of the district or for constructing roads, sewer, water, or drainage facilities, as well as for any other public purpose, including but not limited to public health care or economic development through industrial development, commerce, or research.

(2) Revenue bonds of the district shall be issued in the manner as provided in Part XII or Part XIII of Chapter 4 of Subtitle II of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 or any other applicable law. Revenue bonds issued under this Section shall be authorized by resolution of the district and shall be limited obligations of the district, the principal of and interest on which shall be payable solely from the revenues as provided in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection or from income and revenue derived from the sale, lease, or other disposition of the project or facility to be financed by the bonds, from the income and revenue derived from the sale, lease, or other disposition of any existing project or facility acquired, constructed, and improved under the provisions of this Section, or from any other income or revenue derived from any project or facility so financed or any such existing project or facility. However, in the discretion of the district, the bonds may be additionally secured by mortgage or other security device covering all or part of the project from which the revenues so pledged may be derived. Any refunding bonds issued pursuant to this Subsection shall be payable from any source described above or from the investment of any of the proceeds of the refunding bonds authorized under this Section and shall not constitute an indebtedness or pledge of the general credit of the district within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation of indebtedness and shall contain a recital to that effect. Bonds of the district shall be issued in such form, shall be in such denominations, shall bear interest, shall mature in such manner, and shall be executed as provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance thereof. The bonds may be subject to redemption at the option of and in the manner determined by the board in the resolution authorizing the issuance thereof.

(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 those revenues as provided in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection and any other sources of income or revenue of the district, or any combination of such sources, 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 the district at the time of the adoption of the resolution authorizing the issuance of such certificates. The estimate of the board referred to in the authorizing resolution shall be conclusive for all purposes of this Section.

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

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

(6) Bonds and any other evidences of indebtedness of the district shall be issued, sold, and delivered in accordance with the terms and provisions of a resolution adopted by the board. 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) No bonds, other debt obligations, or contracts of the district shall be a charge upon the income, property, or revenue of the parish of Calcasieu nor of any of the municipalities designated in Subsection B of this Section, nor shall any obligations of the district be obligations of the parish or any of such municipalities.

(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 2005, No. 242, §2; Acts 2006, No. 225, §1, eff. July 1, 2006; Acts 2008, No. 889, §1, eff. July 9, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:7831 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 7831
Creation and Purpose
Status: in_force

A. For the object and purpose of providing economy and efficiency in the furnishing of water, sewer, and sewage treatment or disposal within any area of any parish, outside the corporate limits of municipalities, parish governing authorities may, upon their own initiative, create water and sewer commissions (herein the "commission") and grant unto the commission the rights, powers, and authority herein described, including, but not limited to, the power of taxation, the power to incur debt and issue bonds and the power to assume the indebtedness (in the same manner provided by Subpart C, Part III, Chapter 4, Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, for the assumption of district debt by parish governing authorities) of any underlying water or sewer district then existing. Such commissions shall be created by any parish governing authority upon request by governing authority of two or more existing parochial water or sewer districts, as evidenced by resolution adopted by the governing authority of each such district.

B. Upon the creation of the commission and the fixing of its boundaries and jurisdiction, the commission shall be a political subdivision of the state of Louisiana, as defined in Article VI, Section 44 of the Constitution of Louisiana, with authority to plan, finance, construct, acquire, improve, operate, and maintain water, sewer, and sewage treatment or disposal improvements and facilities within its designated boundaries.

Acts 1988, No. 259, §1, eff. July 7, 1988.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9038.74 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9038.74
Baker Main Street Economic Development District
Status: in_force

A. Creation. There is hereby created in the city of Baker, parish of East Baton Rouge, hereinafter referred to as "Baker", the Baker Main Street Economic Development District, a special taxing district, body politic and corporate of the state, referred to in this Section as the "district". The district shall be a political subdivision of the state and the district is hereby granted all of the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities accorded by law and the Constitution of Louisiana to political subdivisions of the state, subject to the limitations provided in this Section.

B. Boundaries. The boundaries of the district shall consist of the following area:

Beginning at the intersection of Lavey Lane/South Magnolia Drive on Hwy 19 (Main Street), then traveling North. Lot CVS, Resub of Lots 8-10, 11A, 11B & A port of Lots 1-7, SQ 17 Baker Townsite Resub 2012. All of Main Street to its intersection with the northern most corporate line of Baker; encompassing all commercial properties located on Hwy 19 (Main Street) and extends to end at C-4-B-1 Resub of tract C-4 of the Winder K.Dunbar property. Resub.1989. Note: Sale Reads Baker Regional Shopping Center. (Subway)

C. Purpose. The state hereby acknowledges that the redevelopment of the property within the district is an important element of the continued revitalization and economic development of the city-parish. The district is created to provide for cooperative economic development among the district, Baker, the state, and the owners of property in the district, in order to assist in the redevelopment of, and dramatic improvement to, the property within the boundaries of the district and for the purpose of promoting trade, commerce, industry, and employment opportunities in the city of Baker's Central Business District.

D. Governance. (1) In order to provide for the orderly development of the district and effectuation of the purposes of the district, the district shall be administered and governed by a board of commissioners, referred to in this Section as the "board", comprised of seven persons as follows:

(a) The mayor of the city of Baker or his designee.

(b) The mayor of the city of Baker shall appoint one member from a list of nominees submitted by the Baker City Council.

(c) The Baker City Council shall appoint one member who is elected to the city council.

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

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

(f) The board of directors of the Baker Chamber of Commerce shall appoint one member who is serving or has served as president of the chamber's board.

(g) The city of Baker School Board shall appoint one member from a list of nominees submitted to the school board.

(2) All members of the board shall own property or have a principal place of business or profession within the city of Baker.

(3)(a) The commissioners appointed shall serve for three years. At the expiration of the term of office, the successors shall be appointed in the same manner as the predecessor appointees were selected.

(b) A vacancy that occurs prior to the expiration of a term shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term in the same manner as the predecessor appointee was selected.

(4) All 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 for inspection through the board's secretary. 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 and control of the board of commissioners. The board's treasurer shall maintain adequate accounting records and assure all monies are deposited, expended, and accounted for in accordance with the bylaws.

(5) The board shall adopt bylaws and prescribe rules to govern its meetings. The members of the board shall serve without salary or per diem and shall be entitled to reimbursement for reasonable, actual, and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

(6) The domicile of the board shall be established by the board at a location within the district.

(7) The board shall elect from its own members a president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, and parliamentarian, whose duties shall be common to such offices or as may be provided by bylaws adopted by the district. The board shall hold regular meetings and may hold special meetings as provided in the bylaws. The failure of the board to hold any regular meeting shall not impair any existing obligations of the district. All such meetings shall be public meetings subject to the provisions of R.S. 42:11 et seq.

(8) The district shall be subject to the Public Records Law, official journals law, Code of Governmental Ethics, and audit law pursuant to R.S. 24:513.

E. Rights and powers. The district, acting by and through its board, shall be a special taxing district and shall have and exercise all powers of a political subdivision and special taxing district necessary or convenient for the carrying out of its objects and purposes including but not limited to the following:

(1) To sue and to be sued.

(2) To adopt bylaws and rules and regulations.

(3) To receive by gift, grant, donation, or otherwise any sum of money, property, aid, or assistance from the United States, the state of Louisiana, or any political subdivision thereof, or any person, firm, or corporation.

(4) For the public purposes of the district, to enter into one or more contracts, agreements, or cooperative endeavors with the state and its political subdivisions or political corporations, Baker, the owners of property in the district, and with any public or private association, corporation, business entity, or person, including but not limited to a cooperative endeavor agreement, a pledge and collateral assignment agreements, and tax collection agreement.

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

(6) To acquire by gift, grant, purchase, or lease such property within the district as may be necessary or desirable to carry out the objectives and purposes of the district and to mortgage and sell such property.

(7) In its own name and on its own behalf to incur debt and to issue bonds, notes, certificates, and other evidences of indebtedness, and in the event the district elects to issue bonds pursuant to the authority under this Section, then the district shall be deemed and considered to be an issuer for purposes of R.S. 33:9037 and shall, to the extent not in conflict with this Section, be subject to the provisions of R.S. 33:9037.

(8) To establish such funds or accounts as are necessary to conduct the affairs of the district.

(9) To levy and collect the taxes authorized pursuant to this Section.

(10) To pledge the district tax collections and other funds and property as security for the financing or refinancing of any costs incurred or to be incurred in connection with any project or projects, or parts thereof, within the boundaries of the district.

(11) To enter into one or more agreements to provide for the collection of the taxes levied within the district and remittance of the taxes to the appropriate recipients.

(12) To exercise any and all of the powers granted to an economic development district as if the district were an economic development district established pursuant to Part II of this Chapter, including but not limited to the powers of tax increment financing pursuant to R.S. 33:9038.33 and 9038.34 and the power to levy taxes within the district pursuant to R.S. 33:9038.39, provided that any such powers exercised by the district shall be subject to the provisions of Part II of this Chapter, unless such provisions are inconsistent with the provisions of this Section, in which case the provisions of this Section shall control.

(13) To levy sales taxes, or hotel occupancy taxes within the district, or any combination of such taxes, above and in addition to any other sales taxes, or hotel occupancy taxes, or combination of such taxes, then in existence or permitted to be in existence within the district, in an amount as may be determined by the board with the approved written consent of the owners of immovable property in the district, all in addition to the powers authorized pursuant to Paragraph (12) of this Subsection and pursuant to R.S. 33:9038.39, subject to the limitations and prohibitions of the Constitution of Louisiana.

F. Levy of taxes. (1) In order to provide funds for the purposes of the district, the district, acting by and through its board, is hereby authorized to levy and collect within the district:

(a) A tax upon the occupancy of hotel rooms, motel rooms, and overnight camping facilities.

(b) A tax on the sale at retail, the lease or rental, the consumption and storage for use or consumption of tangible personal property and on sales of services, all as defined in R.S. 47:301 et seq., or any other appropriate provision or provisions of law, as amended.

(2) The aggregate tax rate upon the occupancy of hotel rooms, motel rooms, and overnight camping facilities within the district authorized pursuant to Subparagraph (1)(a) of this Subsection shall be at least equal to the aggregate rate of all taxes upon the occupancy of hotel rooms, motel rooms, and overnight camping facilities levied and collected within the city-parish.

(3) The aggregate sales tax rate within the district authorized pursuant to Subparagraph (1)(b) of this Subsection shall be at least equal to the aggregate rate of all such sales taxes levied and collected within the city-parish.

(4)(a) The word "hotel" as used in this Section shall mean and include any establishment, both public and private, engaged in the business of furnishing or providing rooms and overnight camping facilities intended or designed for dwelling, lodging, or sleeping purposes to transient guests where such establishment consists of two or more guest rooms.

(b) The occupancy tax shall be paid by the person who exercises or is entitled to occupancy of the hotel room and shall be paid at the time the rent or fee of occupancy is paid.

(c) The word "person" as used in this Section shall have the same meaning as contained in R.S. 47:301.

(5) The taxes authorized in this Section shall be imposed by ordinance adopted by the district, acting by and through its board, with the need of an election.

(6) It is hereby recognized that there are currently no hotel occupancy or sales taxes generated at the property within the district. Accordingly, if the district elects to levy and collect any of the taxes authorized in this Section, such levy shall be deemed to supersede and be in lieu of only such other taxes on hotel occupancy and sales that, without the authority of this Section, would otherwise be levied within the district, do not secure bonds that have been authorized, that have not been dedicated by other law or by proposition approved by electors voting in an election for such purpose, and that are not based on a per-head or per-person basis. Additionally, if, during the term of the district, such other taxes on hotel occupancy or sales within the district that are currently not available for use for tax increment financing purposes should subsequently cease to be authorized to secure bonds, cease to secure bonds that have been authorized, or cease to be dedicated by other law or by proposition approved by electors voting in an election for such purpose, and thus, become available for the use of the financing purposes pursuant to this Section, then such levy shall at such time be deemed to supersede and be in lieu of such other taxes on hotel occupancy or sales within the district and shall be available for use for the purposes of the district; however, if the district elects to levy and collect any of the taxes authorized in this Section, such levy shall not be deemed to supersede or be in lieu of the occupancy tax authorized by R.S. 33:4574.1.1(A)(6) relating to Visit Baton Rouge regardless of whether such occupancy tax is pledged or dedicated to secure debt or bonds that have been authorized and the proceeds of the avails of the occupancy taxes authorized in R.S. 33:4574.1.1(A)(6) shall be dispersed and used for the purposes set forth therein and as further provided in R.S. 33:4574.1.1(L).

G. Tax financing.

(1)(a) The district may issue revenue bonds, in one or more series, payable from an irrevocable pledge and dedication of up to the full amount of the district's hotel occupancy and sales tax increments and other district revenues, leases, gifts, proceeds, rents, or other advantages as authorized by this Section, in an amount to be determined by the district, to secure any financing or multiple refinancings of any costs incurred or to be incurred in connection with any project or projects, or parts thereof, within the boundaries of the district. Additionally, without the necessity of issuing revenue bonds, the district may pledge up to the full amount of the district's hotel occupancy and sales tax increments and other district revenues, leases, gifts, proceeds, rents, or other advantages received or collected under the authority of this Section to any financing or multiple refinancings of any costs incurred or to be incurred in connection with any project or projects, or parts thereof, within the boundaries of the district in furtherance of the purposes of the district. Such financing may include but shall not be limited to any loan or loans, mortgages, the issuance of bonds, or the issuance of certificates of indebtedness. For each of the designated nonvoter elected, pledged or dedicated hotel occupancy taxes and sales taxes collected within the district, a tax increment shall consist of that portion of the aggregate of such tax revenues collected by the district each year which exceeds the amount of such taxes that were collected in the year immediately prior to the year in which the district was established.

(b) The pledge or dedication of tax increments authorized by this Section to pay indebtedness shall not impair existing obligations of the district and shall not include tax revenues previously dedicated by the district for a special purpose.

(2) Any instruments or obligations of the district may be validly executed, issued, sold, and delivered, notwithstanding that one or more of the officers of the board signing such instruments or obligations, or whose facsimile signature or signatures may be on the instruments or obligations, shall have ceased to be such officer of the board at the time such instruments or obligations shall actually have been delivered.

(3) Any cost, obligation, or expense incurred for any of the purposes or powers of the district specified in this Section shall be a part of the project costs and may be paid or reimbursed as such out of the proceeds of bonds, tax increments, property or other obligations of, pledged or issued by the district.

(4) The authority granted to the district pursuant to the provisions of this Section is consistent with and subject to the limitations provided in R.S. 33:9038.42.

H. Term. The district shall dissolve and cease to exist one year after the date on which all loans, bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness secured, in whole or in part, by district taxes or property are paid in full as to both principal and interest; however, under no event shall the district have an existence of more than thirty years from the date on which the taxes authorized pursuant to this Section are first levied and collected.

I. Contesting ordinance or resolution; time limit. Any ordinance or resolution adopted by the board including but not limited to an ordinance adopted pursuant to Paragraph (F)(5) of this Section, or the pledge of tax increments collected under the authority of this Section to any financing authorized by this Section, shall be published at least twice in the official journal of East Baton Rouge Parish. For thirty days after the date of publication, any person in interest may contest the legality of the ordinance or resolution and of any provision therein made for the security and payment of the debt obligation or the levy and collection of taxes. After that time, no one may file for any cause of action to test the regularity, formality, legality, or effectiveness of the ordinance or resolution, and provisions thereof for any cause whatever, except for fraud. Thereafter, it shall be conclusively presumed that every legal requirement for the levy and collection of taxes, the issuance of bonds or other debt obligations, or the pledge of tax increment collected, including all things pertaining to the authorizing thereof, has been complied with. No court shall have authority to inquire into any of these matters after the thirty-day period after publication unless a claim pursuant to this Section has been filed.

J. Liberal construction. This Section, being necessary for the welfare of the city and its residents, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof.

K. Severability. The provisions of this Section are severable. It is intended that if any provision of this Section should be adjudged invalid or unenforceable, then such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Section. Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the contrary, if any portion of a tax levied or tax increment pledged or dedicated pursuant to this Section is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of such tax or tax increment.

Acts 2022, No. 768, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.152 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.152
Creation of districts; uniform regulations throughout district
Status: in_force

For any or all said purposes, the police jury may divide the parish into districts of such number, shape and areas as it may deem best suited to carry out the purposes of this Subpart, and within such districts it may regulate and restrict the erection, construction, alteration or use of buildings, structures or land. All such regulations shall be uniform for each class or kind of buildings throughout each district, but the regulations of one district may differ from those in other districts.

Acts 1988, No. 570, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9091.12 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9091.12
Upper Audubon Security District
Status: in_force

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

B. Boundaries. The boundaries of the district shall be that area within and including the following perimeter streets, avenues, and natural boundaries: The Uptown side of Audubon Park to St. Charles Avenue (riverside only) to Broadway Street (both sides) to Magazine Street (lakeside only) and back to the Uptown side of Audubon Park.

C. Purpose. The purpose of the district shall be to aid in crime prevention and reduction by providing additional security for district residents.

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

(a) The president of the Upper Audubon Association or his designee.

(b) The board of directors of the Upper Audubon Association shall appoint three members.

(c) The member of the governing authority of the city of New Orleans whose council district encompasses all or the greater portion of the area of the district shall appoint one member from a list of nominations submitted by the Upper Audubon Association.

(d) The member of the Louisiana House of Representatives whose district encompasses all or the greater portion of the area of the district shall appoint one member from a list of nominations submitted by the Upper Audubon Association.

(e) The member of the Louisiana Senate whose district encompasses all or the greater portion of the area of the district shall appoint one member from a list of nominations submitted by the Upper Audubon Association.

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

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

(b) The member serving pursuant to Subparagraph (1)(a) of this Subsection shall serve during his term of office as president of the Upper Audubon Association.

(c) Any vacancy which occurs prior to the expiration of the term for which a member of the board has been appointed shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment.

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

(5) All members of the board shall be voting members.

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

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

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

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

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

(1) To sue and be sued.

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

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

(4) To enter into contracts with individuals or entities, private or public, to provide or enhance security patrols in the district.

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

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

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

F. Parcel fee. (1) The governing authority of the city of New Orleans is hereby authorized to impose and collect a parcel fee within the district, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this Subsection.

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

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph, owners who have been granted the Louisiana Special Assessment Level pursuant to Article VII, Section 18(G)(1) of the Constitution of Louisiana prior to January 1, 2026, shall be charged fifty percent of the parcel fee charged to other owners. Any such owner shall submit to the board, no later than January 15, 2026, a copy of the notification that is provided to him by the assessor's office that documents his eligibility for the special assessment level.

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

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

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

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

(b) The fee shall expire at the time provided in the proposition authorizing the fee, not to exceed seven years from its initial imposition, but the fee may be renewed as provided in Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph. Any election to authorize the renewal of the fee shall be held only at the same time as a regularly scheduled election in the city of New Orleans. If renewed, the term of the imposition of the fee shall be provided in the proposition authorizing such renewal, not to exceed seven years.

(5) Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 307, §2, eff. July 1, 2021.

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

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

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

G. Budget. (1) The board shall adopt an annual budget in accordance with the Local Government Budget Act, R.S. 39:1301 et seq.

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

H. Miscellaneous provisions. It is the purpose and intent of this Section that any additional security patrols, public or private, provided by the district shall be supplemental to and not in lieu of personnel and services provided in the district by the New Orleans Police Department.

Acts 2008, No. 833, §1, eff. July 9, 2008; Acts 2017, No. 372, See Act; Acts 2018, No. 690, §1, eff. Jan. 2, 2019; Acts 2021, No. 307, §§1, 2, eff. July 1, 2021; Acts 2025, No. 483, §§1, 2, eff. July 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9104 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9104
Primary emergency telephone number
Status: in_force

The digits 911 shall be the primary emergency telephone number, but the involved agencies may maintain a separate secondary backup number and shall maintain a separate number for nonemergency telephone calls.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 550, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3747 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3747
Written notice to non-resident and resident property owners prior to enactment of ordinances levying local or special assessments on property for improvements to streets, alleys, sidewalks, curbing or any part of them; invalidity of assessments made without such notice
Status: in_force

Any municipality, incorporated parish seat, parish, or other governing authority shall, prior to the enactment of any ordinance levying a special or local assessment on property for improvements to streets, alleys, sidewalks, curbing or any part of them, whether said improvement be to construct, pave, surface, resurface or repair or otherwise to effect improvements thereto, and whether said improvements be initiated by petition of the property owners abutting said contemplated improvements or be initiated by such governing authority, give 30 days written notice to each nonresident and resident owner of property upon which such special or local assessment is contemplated to be levied. This notice shall contain a general description of the improvement, the location thereof, the estimated amount of the proposed assessment, and the terms of paying therefor. The notice shall be given by depositing said written notice in the United States mail, postage paid, and addressed to the nonresident and resident property owner at the address as it appears on the last approved tax roll on the property contemplated to be assessed. No special or local assessment shall be valid against property owned by nonresidents and residents or against such nonresidents and residents with respect to whom the provisions of this section are applicable, until thirty days after such time as notice is given as provided for herein. The provisions of this section shall also apply to additional local or special assessments levied pursuant to law where the original assessment produced funds insufficient to pay the principal and interest of the improvement. The word nonresident as used herein shall mean a person, firm, association or corporation domiciled outside the State of Louisiana and whose mailing address on said tax roll is outside the State of Louisiana. The certificate of the clerk or the secretary of the governing authority levying any such special assessments certifying that the foregoing provisions as to notice to nonresidents and residents have been fulfilled, shall establish a conclusive legal presumption that all requirements of this section have been legally satisfied.

Added by Acts 1964, Ex. Sess., No. 5, §1. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 522, §1; Acts 1974, No. 150, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4571 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4571
Special districts for preservation and development of recreational facilities, historic sites or areas, tourist attractions, central business district areas; creation by parishes
Status: in_force

The governing authority of any parish in the state is authorized and empowered, upon its own initiative, to form and create a special district or districts for the preservation and development of recreational facilities, historic sites or areas, tourist attractions and central business district areas, such district(s) to comprise the entire parish or any part(s) of it, or by agreement with the governing authority of any other parish or parishes to combine two or more parishes or parts thereof into such a district or districts with such name or names as the governing authority or authorities may designate, provided that no such special district shall extend into the corporate limits of a municipality without the consent of its governing body.

Wherever parish or governing authority of a parish is used in this part it shall be construed to include the governing authority of any municipality which has boundaries coextensive with the parish in which it is located.

Added by Acts 1970, No. 605, §1; Acts 1972, No. 110, §1. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 497, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4574.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4574.7
City of Alexandria; occupancy tax; rate; issuance of bonds
Status: in_force

A. As used in this Section and in R.S. 33:4574.8, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) "City" means the city of Alexandria.

(2) "Hotel" means and includes any establishment, both public and private, engaged in the business of furnishing or providing rooms intended or designed for dwelling, lodging, or sleeping purposes to transient guests where such establishment contains two or more guest rooms, including overnight camping facilities, and does not encompass any hospital, convalescent or nursing home or sanitarium, or any hotel-like facility operated by or in connection with a hospital or medical clinic providing rooms exclusively for patients and their families.

(3) "Person" means and includes any person as defined in R.S. 1:10.

B.(1) The governing authority of the city of Alexandria may levy and collect a tax upon the occupancy of hotel rooms within the corporate limits of the city not to exceed one percent of the rent or fee charged for such occupancy; however, the governing authority of the city of Alexandria shall not levy and collect such tax until it has authorized the expenditure of funds from other sources for the acquisition, construction, and maintenance of an exhibition center. The tax shall be imposed by ordinance adopted by the governing authority of the city of Alexandria who may provide for necessary rules and regulations for the imposition, collection, and enforcement of the tax in the ordinance.

(2) The tax shall be paid by the person who exercises, or is entitled to, occupancy of the hotel room, and shall be paid at the same time the rent or fee of occupancy is paid.

C. The net proceeds of the tax, after deduction of reasonable collection expenses, shall be used for the acquisition, construction, and maintenance of an exhibition center. Any monies remaining after acquisition, construction, and maintenance of an exhibition center shall be appropriated by the governing authority of the city of Alexandria to the Alexandria/Pineville Area Convention and Visitors Bureau.

D.(1) The governing authority of the city of Alexandria may fund the revenues derived from the tax into negotiable bonds and may issue bonds from time to time solely and exclusively for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, and maintaining an exhibition center, such bonds payable solely from and secured by an irrevocable pledge and dedication of the tax hereby authorized, subject only to the prior payment of the costs and expenses of administration and collection of the tax. The bonds shall be subject to the limitations and restrictions provided in this Section.

(2) The bonds shall be authorized and issued by ordinance of the governing authority of the city of Alexandria and be of such series, bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, beginning not more than three years after the date of the bonds and ending not later than twenty-five years after the date thereof, bear interest at such rate or rates payable at such times, be in such denomination, form, either coupon or fully registered without coupons, carry such registration and exchangeability privileges, be payable in such medium and at such place or places within or without the state, be subject to such terms of redemption, be entitled to such priorities on the tax revenues and be sold upon such terms not inconsistent herewith as such ordinance may provide. The bonds shall be executed in the name of the city by the manual or facsimile signature of such official or officials of the city as designated by the governing authority of the city of Alexandria in the ordinance authorizing their issuance. At least one signature on each bond shall be a manual signature. The seal or a facsimile thereof of the city shall be affixed or otherwise reproduced upon each bond. The delivery of any bonds or coupons so executed at any time thereafter shall be valid although before the date of delivery any person or persons signing the bonds or coupons no longer hold office. The maturities of the bonds shall be so arranged that the total amount of principal and interest falling due in any year, together with principal and interest falling due in such year on all bonds theretofore issued and then outstanding, shall never exceed seventy percent of the amount of tax revenues estimated by the governing authority of the city of Alexandria to be received by it in a calendar year in which the bonds are issued.

(3) Bonds issued pursuant to this Section shall constitute a borrowing solely upon the credit of the tax revenues received or to be received by the governing authority of the city of Alexandria and shall not constitute an indebtedness or pledge of the general credit of the city, and the bonds shall contain a recital to that effect. No member of the governing authority of the city of Alexandria or officer of the city or any person executing the bonds shall have any personal liability on such bonds. Bonds issued hereunder shall be payable solely from and secured by an irrevocable pledge and dedication of such part of the tax revenues as may be pledged thereto in the authorizing ordinance. Any holder of any of such bonds or coupons attached thereto may enforce and compel performance of all duties required to be performed by the governing authority of the city of Alexandria as a result of issuing the bonds and may similarly enforce the provisions of the ordinance of the governing authority of the city of Alexandria imposing the tax and the ordinance and proceedings authorizing the issuance of the bonds. When any bonds shall have been issued pursuant to this Section, neither the legislature, the governing authority of the city of Alexandria nor any other authority shall discontinue or decrease the tax or permit the tax to be discontinued or decreased in anticipation of the collection of which such bonds have been issued or in any way make any change in the allocation and dedication of the proceeds of the tax which would diminish the amount of the tax revenues to be received by the city until all of such bonds shall have been retired as to principal and interest, it being the intention hereof to vest in the holders of such bonds and coupons a contractual right under the provisions of this Section.

(4) The governing authority of the city of Alexandria may in any ordinance authorizing such bonds provide for the respective priorities of its separate blocks, series, or issues of bonds issued hereunder and may provide for the issuance of additional bonds in the future on a parity therewith as may be specified in the ordinance. In the absence of such provision, if more than one series of bonds is issued hereunder payable from the same tax revenues, priority of lien on such revenues shall depend on the time of the delivery of the bonds, each series enjoying a lien prior and superior to that enjoyed by any series of bonds subsequently delivered, except that as to any issue or series of bonds which may be authorized as a unit but delivered from time to time in blocks, the governing authority of the city of Alexandria may in the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the bonds provide that all of the bonds of such series or issue shall be coequal as to lien regardless of the time of delivery; however, nothing herein shall vest in any holder of the bonds any right of lien or priority of any kind against any part of the tax revenues not pledged to the payment of the bonds by the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the bonds. Any resolution may contain such covenants with the future holder or holders of the bonds as to tax revenues, the disposition thereof, the issuance of future bonds, and such other pertinent matters as may be deemed necessary by the governing authority of the city of Alexandria to assure the marketability of the bonds, provided such covenants are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Section. Any resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds hereunder may contain such provisions to assure the enforcement, collection, and proper application of the tax revenues as the governing authority of the city of Alexandria may think proper and consistent with this Section, and when any bonds payable from the tax revenue shall have been issued, this Section, the ordinance of the governing authority of the city of Alexandria levying and authorizing collection of the tax, and the obligation of the governing authority of the city of Alexandria to continue to levy, collect, and allocate the tax and to apply the revenues derived therefrom in accordance with the provisions of the ordinance shall be irrevocable until such bonds have been paid in full as to principal and interest and shall not be subject to amendment in any manner which would impair the rights of the holders from time to time of such bonds or which would in any way jeopardize the prompt payment of principal thereof or interest thereon.

E.(1) All bonds shall be advertised for sale on sealed bids in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 39:1426. The governing authority of the city of Alexandria may reject any and all bids. If the bonds are not sold pursuant to advertisement, they may be sold by the governing authority of the city of Alexandria at private sale within sixty days after the date advertised for the reception of sealed bids, but no private sale shall be made at a price less than the highest bid which shall have been received. If not so sold, the bonds shall be readvertised in the manner herein prescribed.

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

F. The proceeds derived from the sale of bonds issued pursuant to this Section shall be used exclusively by the governing authority of the city of Alexandria for the purposes provided in Subsection C of this Section, but the purchasers of the bonds shall not be obligated to see to the application of the proceeds.

G. Before bonds are issued hereunder, the governing authority of the city of Alexandria shall investigate and determine the regularity of the proceedings. The ordinance authorizing the bonds may direct that the bonds contain a recital certifying that the bond is authorized by and is issued in conformity with the requirements of the constitution and laws of the state. Such recital shall be deemed to be the authorized declaration of the governing authority of the city of Alexandria and to import that there is constitutional and statutory authority for issuing the bonds and imposing the tax, that all the proceedings are regular, that all acts, conditions, and things required to exist, happen, and be performed precedent to and in the issuance of the bonds and imposition of the tax have existed, happened, and been performed in due time, form, and the manner required by law, that the amount of the bonds together with all other indebtedness of the city does not exceed any limit or limits prescribed by the constitution or statutes of the state and that the required notices have been regularly and duly given by publication in the manner required by law. If any bonds are issued containing the recital, they shall be construed according to the import herein declared, and it shall be conclusively presumed that the recital is true, and neither the governing authority of the city of Alexandria nor any taxpayer shall be permitted to question the validity or regularity of the bonds, obligations, or tax in any court or in any other action or proceeding.

H.(1) After the time within which the validity of the bonds may be contested has elapsed as provided hereafter, the bonds shall be registered with the secretary of state without charge and shall have endorsed thereon a legend stating that they are incontestable and are secured by a pledge and dedication of a tax authorized by this Section in the city and that they were registered with the secretary of state on the date so registered, and the endorsement shall be signed by the secretary of state.

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

I.(1) This Section shall be construed as cumulative authority for the exercise of the powers herein granted. The authority granted herein to the governing authority of the city of Alexandria shall not be affected or limited by any other provision of any statute of this state, and no provision, publication, election, or right of referendum shall be required or afforded in the performance of any act herein authorized to be done, including the imposition, collection, and application of the tax and issuance of bonds, except as herein otherwise specifically provided. However, in order to accomplish the purposes provided for herein, the governing authority of the city of Alexandria is authorized to utilize all of the types of securities, devices, procedures, and methods of borrowing or securing provided for tax revenues as set forth in Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 when issuing indebtedness and otherwise using the tax revenue provided for in this Section. The bonds may be issued, reissued, advertised, sold, secured, enhanced, refunded, defeased, or otherwise utilized, and the tax revenues may be used in any manner according to any procedure provided for in Title 39 for the governing authority of the city of Alexandria; however, such use must accomplish the purposes provided for in this Section.

(2) Any bonds issued pursuant to this Section shall be considered negotiable in accordance with the commercial laws of Louisiana and shall not be invalid for any irregularity or defect in the proceedings for the issuance and sale thereof and shall be incontestable in the hands of bona fide purchasers or holders for value.

(3) The ordinance authorizing the issuance of the bonds and pledging and dedicating tax revenues to the payment thereof shall be recorded in the mortgage records of the parish and shall be published in one issue of the official journal of the city, but it shall not be necessary to publish any exhibits to the ordinance if they are available for public inspection and such fact is stated in the publication. Within thirty days after the date of publication, any person in interest may contest the legality of the tax levied and of the ordinance, any provisions in the ordinance made for the security and payment of the bonds to be issued pursuant thereto, and the validity of all other provisions and proceedings relating to the authorization and issuance of such bonds and the levy of the taxes. If no action or proceeding is instituted within thirty days, no person shall have any cause of action to test the regularity, formality, legality, or effectiveness of the levy of the tax and of the ordinance, any provisions of the bonds to be issued pursuant to the ordinance, the provisions for the security and payment of the bonds, and of the validity of all other provisions and proceedings relating to the authorization and issuance of the bonds and the levy of the tax for any cause whatsoever, and it shall be conclusively presumed that every legal requirement for the issuance of the bonds and the levy of the tax has been complied with and that the bonds and tax are legal. Thereafter, no court shall have authority to inquire into any such matters. Any action or proceeding instituted by such person in interest or by the city shall be in accordance with the provision of Part XVI of Chapter 32 of Title 13 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

J.(1) Until such time as the bonds authorized hereby are issued and the proceeds of the tax are required for debt service as set forth in this Section, or the substantial completion of construction of an exhibition hall, the net proceeds of the tax after deduction of reasonable collection expenses shall be transmitted on a monthly basis to the Alexandria/Pineville Area Convention and Visitors Bureau for advertising, promotion, and marketing of conventions and tourism. The bureau may invest any or all of the net proceeds in the manner provided by law.

(2) The books of the Alexandria/Pineville Area Convention and Visitors Bureau shall be audited by an independent certified public accountant annually, and the accountant shall make a written report of his audit to the governing authority of the city of Alexandria.

K.(1) The avails of the tax imposed by R.S. 47:331 from the sale of services as defined in R.S. 47:301(14)(a) in the city of Alexandria under the provisions of R.S. 47:331(C) and R.S. 47:332 shall be credited to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund, and after a sufficient amount is allocated from that fund to pay all obligations secured by the full faith and credit of the state which become due and payable within any fiscal year, the treasurer shall pay the remainder of such funds into a special fund which is hereby created in the state treasury and designated as the Alexandria/Pineville Exhibition Hall Fund.

(2) The amount of proceeds in the fund when appropriated by the legislature in accordance with this Section shall be available for planning, designing, purchasing, or preparing for the purchase of land, and otherwise preparing for the construction, and for the construction, operation, and maintenance of an exhibition hall.

L. The monies in the fund shall be subject to an annual appropriation by the legislature. All unexpended and unencumbered monies in the Alexandria/Pineville Exhibition Hall Fund shall remain in the fund. The monies in the fund shall be invested by the treasurer in the same manner as monies in the state general fund and all interest earned shall be deposited into the state general fund.

M. The city of Alexandria may issue bonds payable from a pledge and dedication of the amounts of proceeds of the tax in the Alexandria/Pineville Exhibition Hall Fund allocated for the purposes set forth in this Section. Whenever such bonds are issued, the legislature shall annually appropriate, to the extent of deposits in the fund, monies sufficient to pay the principal, interest, and premium, if any, due on the bonds each year, or if such appropriation can not be effected, the state shall in no way be a party to any contractual rights arising from the bonds issued, nor shall the state be in any way obligated for any payments due holders of the bonds issued under the provisions of this Section.

Acts 1991, No. 992, §1; Acts 1992, No. 421, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9098.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9098.1
District funds; cooperative endeavor agreement
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the board of commissioners of any district created pursuant to this Chapter may, through a cooperative endeavor agreement, combine the funds of the district with the funds of one or more districts created pursuant to this Chapter; however, the board of commissioners of any such district shall not combine its funds with the funds of a district whose boundaries are located greater than one mile from its own. The combined funds may be used for any of the stated purposes of any district that is a party to the cooperative endeavor agreement.

B. Prior to the board of commissioners taking any action to combine the funds of a district with the funds of another district as authorized in Subsection A of this Section, any such action shall be approved by a majority of the members of the homeowners association of each such district who are present and voting at a meeting of the association.

Acts 2010, No. 483, §1, eff. July 1, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2476.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2476.8
City of Baton Rouge municipal fire and police civil service board; board secretary
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:2476(L)(1), the Baton Rouge municipal fire and police civil service board may fill the office of secretary by employing unclassified personnel whom the board deems qualified. The secretary shall receive compensation and benefits comparable to that of other full-time classified or unclassified personnel employed in similar positions or performing similar job functions. The secretary is solely accountable to the board and serves at the pleasure of the board.

Acts 2023, No. 316, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1401 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1401
Short title
Status: in_force

This Part shall be known and may be cited as the "Emergency Interim Local Executive Succession Act."

Acts 1963, No. 114, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2192 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2192
Division of policemen into platoons; transfer
Status: in_force

A. The officer having management of the department shall divide the members thereof into three platoons.

B. The proper authority in the department may transfer a member from one platoon to another, but only for the good of the service.

Amended by Acts 1982, No. 221, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:8001 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 8001
Creation and authority
Status: in_force

Any parish governing authority may create garbage districts composed of territory wholly within the parish and outside of the corporate limits of municipal corporations. Each such district shall be a political and legal subdivision of the state, with power to sue and to be sued in its corporate name, to incur debts and to contract obligations, to have a corporate seal, to do and perform all acts in its corporate capacity and in its corporate name necessary and proper for the purpose of constructing and maintaining garbage disposal works and garbage collection and disposal systems within its territorial limits, to enter into contracts with any persons or corporations to provide and maintain garbage collection and disposal services within its territorial limits, and generally to perform any and all acts and duties necessary to carry out the objects and purposes of such creation.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 389, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4068 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4068
Pretreatment regulations; penalties
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision of law or home rule charter to the contrary, any municipal or parish governing authority or sewerage district operating a pretreatment program for industrial waste, as required by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, may assess a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars for each offense for any violation of pretreatment rules and regulations duly established by such entity.

Acts 1990, No. 658, §1, eff. July 19, 1990.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.352 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.352
Object and purposes
Status: in_force

The district is created for the object and purposes of accepting title from the United States of America to any or all real and personal property and improvements included in England Air Force Base and utilizing that and other property, and all assistance available from the United States government and all other sources, to replace and enhance the economic benefits generated by the former air base with diversified activities, including, but not limited to, activities and planned land uses to foster creation of new jobs, economic development, industry, health care, commerce, manufacturing, tourism, relocation of people and businesses to the area, aviation, military, warehousing, transportation, offices, recreation, housing, and conservation, the acquisition of land and improvements, and the construction, operation, and maintenance of facilities, improvements and infrastructure, including buildings, runways, roads, bridges, drainage, and utilities.

Acts 1991, No. 142, §1, eff. June 30, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:381 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 381
Municipal officers
Status: in_force

A. The officers of every municipality shall be a mayor, aldermen, a chief of police, a tax collector, and a clerk.

B. The mayor and chief of police in all municipalities shall be elected at large. The clerk or chief of police may be a tax collector or assessor, if the board of aldermen so decides. Municipalities where the chief of police is appointed rather than elected as of August 1, 1970, may continue to operate with an appointive chief.

C.(1)(a)(i) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, the chiefs of police of the town of St. Joseph, the village of Port Vincent, and the town of Waterproof shall not be elected at large but shall be appointed by the mayors and boards of aldermen of said village and towns.

(ii) A special election to fill the position of chief of police of the city of Oakdale shall be held at the earliest opportunity after June 20, 1997, and in accordance with all other applicable provisions of law. The appointed chief shall remain in office until the elected chief is sworn in and takes office.

(b) However, no chief of police of each such city or town shall be appointed until the end of the term of its chief of police serving in that capacity on the effective date of the Act authorizing such appointment. The mayor and board of aldermen of each such city or town shall establish the term of office and the salary of its appointed chief of police as they may decide.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the board of aldermen of the town of Logansport may, by majority vote, authorize the mayor to appoint the chief of police. The first such appointment shall be made only upon the expiration of the term of the incumbent chief of police, unless the office is vacant. The term of office of the chief of police shall be concurrent with that of the appointing mayor and aldermen. The mayor and board of aldermen shall set the salary of the appointed chief of police.

(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the board of aldermen of the village of Napoleonville may, upon recommendation of the mayor, abolish the office of chief of police of the village of Napoleonville or determine that said chief shall not be elected at large but shall be appointed by the board upon recommendation of the mayor. No such action by the board shall be effective until the end of the term of the police chief in office at the time of that action. If the office of chief of police is abolished and the municipal police department is abolished pursuant to R.S. 33:362(C), the mayor and board of aldermen shall be further authorized to contract with or enter into any cooperative endeavor with any law enforcement entity or officer within Assumption Parish for police services for said village. If the office of chief of police is made appointive, the term of office and salary of said chief shall be determined by the board of aldermen upon recommendation of the mayor.

(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the chief of police of the town of Richwood shall not be elected at large but shall be appointed by the mayor with the approval of the board of aldermen. The first such appointment shall be made at the end of the term of the elected chief of police who is in office on October 27, 1988, except that such appointment may be made immediately if the office of chief is vacant or filled by an officer temporarily appointed as of the said date. The salary of the appointed chief of police shall be established by the board of aldermen upon recommendation of the mayor. The mayor and board of aldermen shall establish the duties and the term of office of the appointed chief; however, such term of office shall be concurrent with that of the appointing mayor and aldermen.

(5) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the chief of police of the village of Plaucheville shall not be elected at large but shall be appointed by majority vote of the board of aldermen of said village. However, no such appointment shall be made until the end of the term of the elected chief of police in office on July 5, 1989, unless that office is vacant or filled by an officer temporarily appointed as of that date. The term of office of the chief of police shall be concurrent with that of the appointing mayor and aldermen. The mayor and board of aldermen shall set the salary of the appointed chief of police.

(6) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the chief of police of the village of Norwood shall not be elected at large but shall be appointed by majority vote of the board of aldermen of said village. However, no such appointment shall be made until the end of the term of the elected chief of police in office on July 18, 1991, unless that office is vacant or filled by an officer temporarily appointed as of that date. Such appointed chief of police shall serve at the pleasure of the board of aldermen, and his salary and expenses shall be determined by the board of aldermen. The board of aldermen shall prescribe, by ordinance, the duties of said appointed chief of police; however, the mayor shall supervise and direct the daily administration of the office of said chief in conformity with such ordinance.

(7) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the chief of police of the town of St. Francisville shall not be elected at large but shall be appointed by the mayor and upon approval by majority vote of the board of aldermen of said town. However, no such appointment shall be made until the end of the term of the elected chief of police in office on July 1, 1992, unless that office is vacant or filled by an officer temporarily appointed as of that date. The term of office of the chief of police shall be concurrent with that of the appointing mayor and aldermen. The board of aldermen shall set the salary of the chief of police upon recommendation of the mayor. The mayor and the board of aldermen shall establish the duties and responsibilities of the chief of police. The chief of police shall report directly to the mayor. The chief of police shall reside within the municipal limits of said municipality.

(8) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the board of aldermen of the village of Jamestown may, upon recommendation of the mayor, abolish the office of chief of police of the village or determine that said chief shall not be elected at large but shall be appointed by the board upon recommendation of the mayor. No such action by the board shall be effective until the end of the term of the police chief in office at the time of that action. If the office of chief of police is abolished and the municipal police department is abolished pursuant to R.S. 33:362(C), the mayor and board of aldermen shall be further authorized to contract with or enter into any cooperative endeavor with any law enforcement entity or officer within Bienville Parish for police services for said village. If the office of chief of police is made appointive, the term of office and salary of said chief shall be determined by the board of aldermen upon recommendation of the mayor.

(9) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the board of aldermen of the village of Castor may, upon recommendation of the mayor, abolish the office of chief of police of the village or determine that said chief shall not be elected at large but shall be appointed by the board upon recommendation of the mayor. No such action by the board shall be effective until the end of the term of the police chief in office at the time of that action. If the office of chief of police is abolished and the municipal police department is abolished pursuant to R.S. 33:362(C), the mayor and board of aldermen shall be further authorized to contract with or enter into any cooperative endeavor with any law enforcement entity or officer within Bienville Parish for police services for said village. If the office of chief of police is made appointive, the term of office and salary of said chief shall be determined by the board of aldermen upon recommendation of the mayor.

(10) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the chief of police of the town of Moreauville shall not be elected at large but shall be appointed by the mayor upon approval by majority vote of the board of aldermen of said town. However, no such appointment shall be effective until the end of the term of the chief of police in office at the time of that action. The term of the chief of police shall be concurrent with that of the appointing mayor and aldermen. The board of aldermen shall set the salary of the chief of police upon recommendation of the mayor. The mayor and the board of aldermen shall establish the duties and responsibilities of the chief of police. The chief of police shall report directly to the mayor. The chief of police shall reside within the municipal limits of said municipality.

(11) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the chief of police of the village of Loreauville shall not be elected at large but shall be appointed by the mayor and upon approval by majority vote of the board of aldermen of said village. However, no such appointment shall be made until the end of the term of the elected chief of police in office on July 1, 1997, unless that office is vacant or filled by an officer temporarily appointed as of that date. The term of the chief of police shall be concurrent with that of the appointing mayor and aldermen. The board of aldermen shall set the salary of the chief of police upon recommendation of the mayor. The mayor and the board of aldermen shall establish the duties and responsibilities of the chief of police. The chief of police shall report directly to the mayor. The chief of police shall not have to reside within the municipal limits of said municipality.

(12) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the chief of police of the village of Oak Ridge shall not be elected at large but shall be appointed by majority vote of the board of aldermen of said village. Such appointed chief of police shall serve at the pleasure of the board of aldermen and his salary and expenses shall be determined by the board of aldermen. The chief of police shall not have to reside within the municipal limits of Oak Ridge, but shall reside within the parish of Morehouse.

(13)(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the board of aldermen of the village of Shongaloo may, upon recommendation of the mayor, abolish the office of the chief of police or determine that said chief shall not be elected at large but shall be appointed by the mayor with the approval of the board of aldermen. No such action shall become effective until there is a vacancy in the office of police chief.

(b) If the board decides to make the police chief an appointed position, the salary of the appointed chief of police shall be established by the board of aldermen upon recommendation of the mayor. The duties, responsibilities, and qualifications of the appointed chief shall be established by ordinance. The term of office of the appointed chief shall be concurrent with that of the appointing mayor and aldermen. The mayor shall supervise and direct the administration of the office of the chief of police in accordance with such ordinances and the chief of police shall report directly to the mayor.

(c) If the office of chief of police is abolished and the municipal police department is abolished pursuant to R.S. 33:362(C), the mayor and board of aldermen shall be further authorized to enter into a cooperative endeavor with any law enforcement entity or officer within Webster Parish for law enforcement services for said village.

(14) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the chief of police of the village of South Mansfield shall not be elected at large but shall be appointed by the mayor upon approval by majority vote of the board of aldermen of said village. However, no such appointment shall be effective until the end of the term of the chief of police in office at the time of that action, unless the office is vacant or filled by an officer temporarily appointed at the time of such action by the board. The term of office of the chief of police shall be concurrent with that of the appointing mayor and aldermen. The board of aldermen shall set the salary of the chief of police upon recommendation of the mayor. The mayor and the board of aldermen shall establish the duties, qualifications, and responsibilities of the chief of police. The chief of police shall report directly to the mayor. The chief of police need not reside within the municipal limits of said municipality.

(15) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the chief of police of the town of Oil City shall not be elected at large but shall be appointed by the mayor upon approval by majority vote of the board of aldermen of said town. However, no such appointment shall be effective until the end of the term of the chief of police in office at the time of that action, unless the office is vacant or filled by an officer temporarily appointed at the time of such action by the board. The term of office of the chief of police shall be concurrent with that of the appointing mayor and aldermen. The board of aldermen shall set the salary of the chief of police upon recommendation of the mayor. The mayor and the board of aldermen shall establish the duties, qualifications, and responsibilities of the chief of police. The chief of police shall report directly to the mayor. The chief of police need not reside within the municipal limits of said municipality.

(16) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the chief of police of the village of Rodessa shall not be elected at large but shall be appointed by the mayor upon approval by majority vote of the board of aldermen of said village. However, no such appointment shall be effective until the end of the term of the chief of police in office at the time of that action, unless the office is vacant or filled by an officer temporarily appointed at the time of such action by the board. The term of office of the chief of police shall be concurrent with that of the appointing mayor and aldermen. The board of aldermen shall set the salary of the chief of police upon recommendation of the mayor. The mayor and the board of aldermen shall establish the duties, qualifications, and responsibilities of the chief of police. The chief of police shall report directly to the mayor. The chief of police need not reside within the municipal limits of said municipality.

(17)(a)(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the chief of police of the village of Grand Cane shall not be elected at large but shall be appointed by the mayor upon approval by majority vote of the board of aldermen of said village.

(ii) However, no such appointment shall be effective until the end of the term of the chief of police in office at the time of that action, unless the office is vacant or filled by an officer temporarily appointed at the time of such action by the board.

(iii) The term of office of the chief of police shall be concurrent with that of the appointing mayor and aldermen.

(iv) The board of aldermen shall set the salary of the chief of police upon recommendation of the mayor.

(v) The mayor and the board of aldermen shall establish the duties, qualifications, and responsibilities of the chief of police. The chief of police shall report directly to the mayor.

(vi) The chief of police shall reside within the municipal limits of said municipality.

(b)(i) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph or any other provision of law to the contrary, the board of aldermen of the village of Grand Cane may, upon recommendation of the mayor, abolish the office of chief of police of the village.

(ii) If the office of chief of police is abolished and the municipal police department is abolished pursuant to R.S. 33:362(C), the mayor and board of aldermen shall be further authorized to contract with or enter into a cooperative endeavor with any law enforcement entity or officer within DeSoto Parish for police services for such village.

(18) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the office of police chief in the town of Lecompte shall be an appointive and not an elective office. The mayor, with the approval of the board of aldermen, shall appoint the police chief. If there is an elected chief in office on April 19, 2000, the mayor shall make the first such appointment upon the expiration of the current term or vacancy for other reason; otherwise, he shall make the first appointment immediately. The board of aldermen, upon recommendation of the mayor, shall establish the chief's salary and shall, by ordinance, establish the duties, responsibilities, and qualifications of the office. The police chief's term of office shall be concurrent with that of the appointing mayor and aldermen. The mayor shall, in accordance with such ordinances, supervise and direct the administration of the office, and the chief shall report directly to the mayor.

(19) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the office of police chief in the town of Cheneyville shall be an appointive and not an elective office. The mayor, with the approval of the board of aldermen, shall appoint the police chief. If there is an elected chief in office on April 19, 2000, the mayor shall make the first such appointment upon the expiration of the current term or vacancy for other reason; otherwise, he shall make the first appointment immediately. The board of aldermen, upon recommendation of the mayor, shall establish the chief's salary and shall, by ordinance, establish the duties, responsibilities, and qualifications of the office. The police chief's term of office shall be concurrent with that of the appointing mayor and aldermen. The mayor shall, in accordance with such ordinances, supervise and direct the administration of the office, and the chief shall report directly to the mayor.

(20)(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the board of aldermen of the village of McNary may, upon recommendation of the mayor, abolish the office of the chief of police or determine that the chief shall not be elected at large but shall be appointed by the mayor with the approval of the board of aldermen. However, no such action shall affect the term of an elected chief of police.

(b) If the board decides to make the police chief an appointed position, the salary of the appointed chief of police shall be established by the board of aldermen upon recommendation of the mayor. The duties, responsibilities, and qualifications of the appointed chief shall be established by ordinance. The term of office of the appointed chief shall be concurrent with that of the appointing mayor and aldermen. The mayor shall supervise and direct the administration of the office of the chief of police in accordance with such ordinances, and the chief of police shall report directly to the mayor.

(c) If the office of chief of police is abolished and the municipal police department is abolished pursuant to R.S. 33:362(C), the mayor and board of aldermen shall be further authorized to enter into a cooperative endeavor with any law enforcement entity or officer within Rapides Parish for law enforcement services for the village.

(21)(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the board of aldermen of the village of Longstreet may, upon recommendation of the mayor, abolish the office of the chief of police or determine that the chief shall not be elected at large but shall be appointed by the mayor with the approval of the board of aldermen. However, no such action shall affect the term of an elected chief of police.

(b) If the board decides to make the police chief an appointed position, the salary of the appointed chief of police shall be established by the board of aldermen upon recommendation of the mayor. The duties, responsibilities, and qualifications of the appointed chief shall be established by ordinance. The term of office of the appointed chief shall be concurrent with that of the appointing mayor and aldermen. The mayor shall supervise and direct the administration of the office of the chief of police in accordance with such ordinances, and the chief of police shall report directly to the mayor.

(c) If the office of chief of police is abolished and the municipal police department is abolished pursuant to R.S. 33:362(C), the mayor and board of aldermen shall be further authorized to enter into a cooperative endeavor with any law enforcement entity or officer within DeSoto Parish for law enforcement services for the village.

(22)(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the board of aldermen of the town of Greenwood may, upon recommendation of the mayor, determine that the chief of police shall not be elected at large but shall be appointed by the mayor upon approval by majority vote of the board of aldermen. No such action shall affect the term of an elected chief of police. If the office is vacant or filled by an officer temporarily appointed at the time of such action by the board, the appointment shall be effective immediately.

(b) If the board decides to make the office of police chief an appointed position, the salary of the appointed chief of police shall be established by the board of aldermen upon recommendation by the mayor. The board of aldermen shall enter into a contract with the appointed chief of police to provide for the terms of employment. The mayor and board of aldermen shall establish the duties and responsibilities of the appointed chief of police and he shall report directly to the mayor. The term of office of the appointed chief shall be concurrent with that of the appointing mayor and aldermen. The appointed chief of police need not reside within the municipal limits of the municipality.

(23) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection B of this Section, the chief of police of the city of Grambling shall not be elected at large but shall be appointed by the mayor upon approval by majority vote of the council members of said city. However, no such appointment shall be made until the end of the term of the elected chief of police in office on January 1, 2001, unless the office is vacant or filled by an officer temporarily appointed as of that date. The term of office of the chief of police shall be concurrent with that of the appointing mayor and council members. The city council and mayor shall set the salary and working hours of the chief of police. The mayor and the council members shall also establish the duties, qualifications, and responsibilities of the chief of police. The chief of police shall report directly to the mayor. The chief of police need not reside within the municipal limits of said municipality.

(24) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection B of this Section, the chief of police of the town of Woodworth shall not be elected at large but shall be appointed by the mayor upon approval by majority vote of the council members of said city. However, no such appointment shall be made until the end of the term of the elected chief of police in office on January 1, 2001, unless the office is vacant or filled by an officer temporarily appointed as of that date. The term of office of the chief of police shall be concurrent with that of the appointing mayor and council members. The city council shall set the salary of the chief of police upon recommendation of the mayor. The mayor and the council members shall establish the duties, qualifications, and responsibilities of the chief of police. The chief of police shall report directly to the mayor.

(25) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the board of aldermen of the village of Sikes may, upon recommendation of the mayor, determine that the chief of police shall not be elected at large but shall be appointed by the mayor with the approval of the board of aldermen or in the alternative to abolish the office of the chief of police. However, such action shall become effective at the end of the term of the chief of police in office at the time or when a vacancy occurs in the office, whichever occurs first, except that, if at the time the board acts the office is filled by an officer temporarily appointed, the board's action shall become effective as provided by ordinance.

(a) If the board decides to make the police chief an appointed position, the salary of the appointed chief of police shall be established by the board of aldermen upon recommendation of the mayor. The duties, responsibilities, and qualifications of the appointed chief shall be established by ordinance. The term of office of the appointed chief shall be concurrent with that of the appointing mayor and aldermen. The mayor shall supervise and direct the administration of the office of the chief of police in accordance with such ordinances, and the chief of police shall report directly to the mayor. The chief of police need not reside within the municipal limits of said municipality.

(b) If the office of chief of police is abolished and the municipal police department is abolished pursuant to R.S. 33:362(C), the mayor and board of aldermen shall be further authorized to enter into a cooperative endeavor with any law enforcement entity or officer within Winn Parish for law enforcement services for the village.

(26)(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the board of aldermen of the village of Lisbon, upon recommendation of the mayor, may determine that the chief of police shall not be elected at large but shall be appointed by the mayor with the approval of the board of aldermen or in the alternative may abolish the office of the chief of police. Such action shall become effective at the end of the term of the chief of police in office at the time or when a vacancy occurs in the office, whichever occurs first; however, if at the time the board acts the office is filled by an officer temporarily appointed, the board's action shall become effective as provided by ordinance.

(b) If the board decides to make the police chief an appointed position, the salary of the appointed chief of police shall be established by the board of aldermen upon recommendation of the mayor. The duties, responsibilities, and qualifications of the appointed chief shall be established by ordinance. Such qualifications shall include a requirement of POST certification or the completion of POST certification within one year after such appointment. The term of office of the appointed chief shall be concurrent with that of the appointing mayor and aldermen. The mayor shall supervise and direct the administration of the office of the chief of police in accordance with such ordinances, and the appointed chief of police shall report directly to the mayor. The appointed chief of police need not reside within the municipal limits of the municipality.

(c) If the office of chief of police is abolished and the municipal police department is abolished pursuant to R.S. 33:362(C), the mayor and board of aldermen shall be further authorized to enter into a cooperative endeavor with any law enforcement entity or officer within Claiborne Parish for law enforcement services for the village.

(27) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection B of this Section, the chief of police of the village of Dry Prong shall not be elected at large but shall be appointed by the mayor upon approval by majority vote of the board of aldermen of said village. However, no such appointment shall be effective until the end of the term of the chief of police in office at the time of that action, unless the office is vacant or filled by an officer temporarily appointed at the time of such action by the board. The term of office of the chief of police shall be concurrent with that of the appointing mayor and aldermen. The board of aldermen shall set the salary of the chief of police upon recommendation of the mayor. The mayor and the board of aldermen shall establish the duties, qualifications, and responsibilities of the chief of police. The chief of police shall report directly to the mayor.

(28)(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the board of aldermen of the village of Bienville, upon recommendation of the mayor, shall adopt an ordinance calling for an election to abolish the office of the chief of police. The election shall be held in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code. If a majority of the qualified electors voting at such election votes to abolish the office of chief of police, the office shall be abolished upon the end of the term of the chief of police in office at the time or when a vacancy occurs in the office, whichever occurs first. However, if at the time the election occurs the office is filled by an officer temporarily appointed, the abolition of the office shall become effective as provided by ordinance.

(b) If the office of chief of police is abolished and the municipal police department is abolished pursuant to R.S. 33:362(C), the mayor and board of aldermen shall be further authorized to enter into a cooperative endeavor with any law enforcement entity or officer within Bienville Parish for law enforcement services for the village.

(29)(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the office of police chief of the town of Duson shall not be elected at large but shall be appointed by the mayor upon approval by majority vote of the board of aldermen of said town. If there is an elected chief in office on July 7, 2009, the mayor shall make the first such appointment upon the expiration of the current term or vacancy for other reason; otherwise, he shall make the first appointment immediately. The term of the police chief shall be concurrent with that of the mayor and board of aldermen. The board of aldermen, upon recommendation of the mayor, shall establish the salary of the chief and shall, by ordinance, establish the duties, responsibilities, and qualifications of the office. The mayor shall, in accordance with such ordinances, supervise and direct the administration of the office, and the chief shall report directly to the mayor.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the chief of police of the town of Duson shall have two years of full-time law enforcement experience and shall successfully complete a certified training program approved by the Council on Peace Officers Standards and Training. In addition the chief shall successfully pass a council approved comprehensive examination within one calendar year from the date of the initial employment as chief of police.

(30) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the office of police chief in the municipality of Jean Lafitte shall be an appointive and not an elective office. The mayor, with the approval of the board of aldermen, shall appoint the police chief. If there is an elected chief in office on June 22, 2010, the mayor shall make the first such appointment upon the expiration of the current term or vacancy for other reason; otherwise, he shall make the first appointment immediately. The board of aldermen, upon recommendation of the mayor, shall establish the chief's salary and shall, by ordinance, establish the duties, responsibilities, and qualifications of the office. The police chief's term of office shall be concurrent with that of the appointing mayor and aldermen. The mayor shall, in accordance with such ordinances, supervise and direct the administration of the office, and the chief shall report directly to the mayor.

(31)(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the office of police chief in the town of Simmesport shall be an appointive and not an elective office. The mayor, with the approval of the board of aldermen, shall appoint the police chief. However, no such appointment shall be effective until the end of the term of the chief of police in office at the time of that action, unless the office is vacant or filled by an officer temporarily appointed at the time of such action by the board. The board of aldermen, upon recommendation of the mayor, shall establish the chief's salary and shall, by ordinance, establish the duties, responsibilities, and qualifications of the office. The police chief's term of office shall be concurrent with that of the appointing mayor and aldermen. The mayor shall, in accordance with such ordinances, supervise and direct the administration of the office, and the chief shall report directly to the mayor.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the chief of police of the town of Simmesport shall have two years of full-time law enforcement experience and shall successfully complete a certified training program approved by the Council on Peace Officer Standards and Training. In addition the chief shall successfully pass a council-approved comprehensive examination within one calendar year from the date of the initial employment as chief of police.

(32)(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the board of aldermen of the village of Goldonna may, upon the recommendation of the mayor, adopt an ordinance calling for an election to abolish the office of chief of police. The election shall be held in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code. If a majority of the qualified electors voting at such election votes to abolish the office of chief of police, the office shall be abolished upon the end of the term of the chief of police in office at the time or when a vacancy occurs in the office, whichever occurs first; however, if at the time the election occurs the office is filled by an officer temporarily appointed, the abolition of the office shall become effective as provided by ordinance.

(b) If the office of chief of police is abolished and the municipal police department is abolished pursuant to R.S. 33:362(C), the mayor and board of aldermen may contract with or enter into any cooperative endeavor with any law enforcement entity or officer within Natchitoches Parish for police services for the village.

(33)(a)(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the council of the town of Sorrento may, upon the recommendation of the mayor, adopt an ordinance calling for an election to abolish the office of chief of police, the police department, or both. The election shall be held in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code.

(ii) If a majority of the qualified electors voting at such election vote to abolish the office of chief of police, the office shall be abolished upon the end of the term of the chief of police in office at the time or when a vacancy occurs in the office, whichever occurs first; however, if at the time the election occurs the office is filled by an officer temporarily appointed, the abolition of the office shall become effective as provided by ordinance.

(iii) If a majority of the qualified electors voting at such election vote to abolish the police department, the abolition of the department shall become effective as provided by ordinance.

(b) If the office of chief of police is abolished or the municipal police department is abolished, or both, the mayor and council may contract, or enter into a cooperative endeavor, with any law enforcement entity or officer within Ascension Parish for police services for the town.

(34)(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the board of aldermen of the town of Stonewall may, upon recommendation of the mayor, abolish the office of chief of police of the town. No such action by the board shall be effective until the end of the term of the police chief in office at the time of that action or when a vacancy occurs in the office, whichever occurs first; however, if at the time of that action the office is filled by an officer temporarily appointed, the abolition of the office shall become effective as provided by ordinance.

(b) If the office of chief of police is abolished and the municipal police department is abolished pursuant to R.S. 33:362(C), the mayor and board of aldermen may contract with or enter into any cooperative endeavor with any law enforcement entity or officer within DeSoto Parish for police services for the town.

(35)(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the board of aldermen of the village of Noble may, upon recommendation of the mayor, abolish the office of chief of police of the village. No such action by the board shall be effective until the end of the term of the police chief in office at the time of that action or when a vacancy occurs in the office, whichever occurs first; however, if at the time of that action the office is filled by an officer temporarily appointed, the abolition of the office shall become effective as provided by ordinance.

(b) If the office of chief of police is abolished and the municipal police department is abolished pursuant to R.S. 33:362(C), the mayor and board of aldermen may contract with or enter into a cooperative endeavor with any law enforcement entity or officer within Sabine Parish for police services for the village.

(36)(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the board of aldermen of the village of Calvin may, upon recommendation of the mayor, abolish the office of chief of police of the village or determine that the chief shall not be elected at large but shall be appointed by the board upon recommendation of the mayor. No such action by the board shall be effective until the end of the term of the police chief in office at the time of the action or when a vacancy occurs in the office.

(b) If the office of chief of police is abolished and the municipal police department is abolished pursuant to R.S. 33:362(C), the village may contract with or enter into a cooperative endeavor agreement with any law enforcement entity or officer within Winn Parish for police services for the village. If the office of chief of police is made appointive, the term of office and salary of the chief shall be determined by the board of aldermen upon recommendation of the mayor.

(37)(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the board of aldermen of the village of Hall Summit may, upon recommendation of the mayor, abolish the office of chief of police of the village or determine that the chief shall not be elected at-large but shall be appointed by the board upon recommendation of the mayor. No such action by the board shall be effective until the end of the term of the police chief in office at the time of the action or when a vacancy occurs in the office, whichever occurs first.

(b) If the office of chief of police is abolished and the municipal police department is abolished pursuant to R.S. 33:362(C), the mayor and board of aldermen shall be further authorized to contract with or enter into a cooperative endeavor agreement with any law enforcement entity or officer within Red River Parish for law enforcement services for the village.

D.(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, if the town of Sterlington or the town of Richwood enters into an agreement pursuant to R.S. 47:2051.1 for the collection of taxes, the governing authority of the town shall not be required to appoint a tax collector.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, if the city of Denham Springs enters into an agreement pursuant to R.S. 47:2051.2 for the collection of taxes, the governing authority of the city shall not be required to appoint a tax collector.

E.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no person who is serving as an appointed chief of police shall be eligible to be reappointed to that position if the person has served as an appointed chief of police for at least the one year immediately preceding the effective date of the reappointment and the person has not met the requirements of R.S. 33:2345(A) and (B).

(2)(a) A person who was appointed to the position 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 for reappointment to that position.

(b) The provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall not apply to any person who has served as an appointed 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 appointed 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 for reappointment to the position. If the Law Enforcement Executive Management Institute approves the exemption, the appointed chief of police shall not be ineligible for reappointment for failure to meet the requirements.

F.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, if a vacancy in the office of chief of police or fire chief in a municipality covered by the provisions of the municipal fire and police civil service law continues for a period exceeding twelve consecutive months and the municipal governing authority has failed or declined to confirm an appointment submitted by the mayor or other appointing authority to the governing authority under the requirements of a municipal home rule charter, the governor shall have the authority to make an appointment to the position.

(2) The governor's appointment shall be selected from among the candidates on the certified competitive employment list for the position and recommended by the mayor or the local governing authority, notwithstanding any prior rejection or denial of confirmation of a candidate by the local governing authority.

(3) The mayor or appointing authority shall notify the board of the filling of the vacancy as provided in R.S. 33:2503.

(4) The person appointed to the position shall begin his working test as provided by R.S. 33:2495, and nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the mayor, board, or appointing authority from removing the probational employee for the reasons and under the circumstances set forth pursuant to that Section.

(5) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to limit the authority of a mayor or local appointing authority to submit appointees to a local governing authority for confirmation under the requirements of a home rule charter.

(6) Any person appointed under this Section must meet all applicable statutory, regulatory, or civil service qualifications for the position of chief of police or fire chief.

(7) This Section shall apply only to municipalities with a population greater than forty-five thousand but no more than forty-eight thousand, as determined by the most recent federal decennial census.

(8) The provisions of this Section shall be retroactive to June 1, 2023.

Acts 1970, No. 165, §1. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 594, §1; Acts 1975, No. 790, §1; Acts 1977, No. 110, §1; Acts 1980, No. 556, §1; Acts 1980, No. 583, §1; Acts 1980, No. 584, §1; Acts 1981, No. 161, §1; Acts 1982, No. 860, §1; Acts 1985, No. 55, §1, eff. June 18, 1985; Acts 1986, No. 322, §1, eff. June 30, 1986; Acts 1986, No. 1072, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987; Acts 1988, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 9, §1, eff. Oct. 27, 1988; Acts 1989, No. 571, §1, eff. July 5, 1989; Acts 1991, No. 712, §1, eff. July 18, 1991; Acts 1991, No. 722, §1, eff. July 31, 1991; Acts 1992, No. 76, §1, eff. June 5, 1992; Acts 1992, No. 412, §1, eff. June 19, 1992; Acts 1992, No. 676, §1; Acts 1992, No. 677, §1; Acts 1992, No. 739, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 80, §1; Acts 1995, No. 500, §1; Acts 1997, No. 387, §1, eff. June 20, 1997; Acts 1997, No. 454, §1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 1997, No. 836, §1, eff. July 10, 1997; Acts 1997, No. 1044, §2;Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 9, §1, eff. April 24, 1998; Acts 1999, No. 96, §1, eff. June 9, 1999; Acts 1999, No. 114, §1, eff. June 9, 1999; Acts 1999, No. 131, §1, eff. June 9, 1999; Acts 1999, No. 136, §1, eff. June 9, 1999; Acts 1999, No. 194, §1, eff. June 9, 1999; Acts 1999, No. 1106, §2; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 111, §1, eff. April 19, 2000; Acts 2000, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 14, §1, eff. July 5, 2000; Acts 2001, No. 82, §1; Acts 2001, No. 311, §1; Acts 2001, No. 376, §1, eff. June 13, 2001; Acts 2001, No. 854, §1; Acts 2001, No. 984, §1, eff. June 27, 2001; Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 39, §1, eff. April 18, 2002; Acts 2003, No. 468, §1; Acts 2006, No. 134, §1; Acts 2007, No. 211, §1, eff. July 2, 2007; Acts 2009, No. 405, §1, eff. July 7, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 474, §1, eff. June 22, 2010; Acts 2011, No. 41, §1; Acts 2013, No. 134, §1; Acts 2014, No. 605, §1, eff. June 12, 2014; Acts 2017, No. 202, §1, eff. June 14, 2017; Acts 2023, No. 222, §1, eff. June 8, 2023; Acts 2023, No. 348, §1; Acts 2024, No. 66, §1; Acts 2025, No. 319, §1; Acts 2025, No. 452, §1.

NOTE: See Acts 1986, No. 322, §3, regarding termination of Act affecting Napoleonville.

NOTE: See Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 111, §2, relative to severability of provisions.

NOTE: See Acts 2009, No. 405, §2, relative to retroactive effect of Paragraph (C)(29).
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1236.11
Authority of governing authority of Calcasieu Parish to add cost of abating a public nuisance to ad valorem tax bill
Status: in_force

A.(1) The governing authority of Calcasieu Parish may provide in its ordinances relative to the abatement of public nuisances that the actual costs of such abatement shall be a charge against the owner of the property upon which the public nuisance is located.

(2) Public nuisances, as defined by parish ordinance, may include but shall not be limited to accumulation or improper disposal of solid waste, garbage, or trash, but shall not include accumulation or disposal of any materials by industries or industrial parks.

(3) Such ordinances shall include provisions for notice of the existence of the nuisance to the owner of the property and an opportunity to abate the nuisance himself within a reasonable period of time.

B. If subsequent to the abatement of a public nuisance and notice to the owner of the property by the parish, the costs of abatement have not been paid within a reasonable period of time, the governing authority is hereby authorized to add the costs incurred by the parish in abating the nuisance to the annual ad valorem tax bill of the property. When collected, this amount shall be credited to the general fund of the parish.

C. In the event that such actual costs of abatement are added to the ad valorem tax bill, the sheriff effecting collection shall be reimbursed by the parish governing authority in an amount equal to fifteen percent of the amount of such costs actually collected from the property owner. This collection charge shall be in addition to such costs and shall also be added to the ad valorem tax bill of the property involved.

Acts 1984, No. 162, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9028 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9028
Enforcement of judgments; exemption from seizure
Status: in_force

Any judgment against any economic development corporation shall be paid from funds of the corporation. Provided, however, that the property and funds of the corporation shall not be subject to lien or seizure. If any corporation refuses to pay a final judgment rendered against it by a court of competent jurisdiction, said court shall have the authority to issue a writ of mandamus to direct the treasurer of said corporation to pay said judgment within a reasonable period of time, under penalty of law. This Section shall not apply to or limit the right of obligees of bonds issued by the corporation to pursue any remedies for the enforcement of any pledge, mortgage, or other instrument given to secure such bonds.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 617, §1. Amended by Acts 1979, No. 668, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4645 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4645
Special tax
Status: in_force

The governing authority of any parish may submit to the property taxpayers of the parish or any ward thereof, a proposition to vote a special tax for the maintenance and support of the war memorial civic center, which tax, if voted, shall be levied and assessed annually as authorized by the voters, and collected and used exclusively for the support and maintenance of the memorial.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.303 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.303
Powers of district
Status: in_force

A. The district, acting by and through its board of commissioners or its executive committee, shall have and exercise all powers of a political subdivision necessary or convenient to implement 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, lease, option, bequest, mortgage device, exchange, or sale, or otherwise all property, including rights-of-way, and to hold and use any franchise or property, real, personal, or mixed, tangible or intangible, or any interest therein, necessary or desirable for carrying out the objects and purposes of the district, including but not limited to the establishment, maintenance, and operation of businesses, warehouses, housing programs, or industrial parks and all types of terminals. The district may provide industrial incentives, below market leases, loans, grants, and infrastructure.

(4) To purchase, acquire, construct, improve, equip, and furnish works and facilities necessary to achieve the purposes of the district, including economic development projects.

(5) To require and issue licenses with respect to the use of its properties and facilities.

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

(7) To appoint, contract with, or employ officers, attorneys, clerks, engineers, deputy commissioners, a director, and other agents and employees, prescribe their duties, and fix their compensation and terms of employment.

(8) To provide or arrange or contract for the furnishing or repair by any person or agency, public or private, of or for services, privileges, or works on streets, roads, public utilities, or other facilities for or in connection with a redevelopment project to install, construct, and reconstruct streets, utilities, parks, playgrounds, and other public improvements.

(9) To establish business and industry foundations or nonprofit economic development corporations, for the purpose of providing venture capital, equity loans, or financing, and/or to take stock as security for an equity position in start-up and/or expanding businesses and industries; the purpose being to help establish sound, financially stable businesses and industries which will employ, as at least fifty percent of their work force, residents from St. Landry Parish and surrounding parishes. The foundation may enter into contractual agreements for intervention in the event of a negative cash flow by the business industry.

B. In order to provide growth and development of the district and the prosperity and welfare of the people of the district, to expand, restore, improve, and develop existing housing, commercial, and industrial structures within the district, and to encourage the fullest use of underutilized resources, and in order to improve communication and coordination among the economic and human development efforts of state, federal, and local governments and to encourage maximum local participation in the development and coordination of federal, state, regional, and local programs in Louisiana and in order to better coordinate state plans and programs with one another, as well as with programs in the federal, regional, local, and private sectors, the district, acting by and through the board shall:

(1) Make recommendations concerning natural and environmental factors, needs, and trends of business and industry, housing needs, social or educational trends, population, or other developments; the habits and lifestyles of the people of the district; the relation of land use within the district as it relates to the parish as a whole; areas for the concentration of wholesale, retail, housing, business, and other commercial or industrial uses; and areas for recreational uses and for spaces and areas of mixed uses.

(2) Make recommendations concerning the need for and the proposed general location of public and private works and facilities or to provide those facilities.

(3) Make or assist in studies and investigations of the resources of the district and the existing and emerging problems of industry, commerce, transportation, population, housing, and public service affecting the redevelopment of the district, and in making such studies to seek the cooperation and collaboration of the appropriate departments, 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. The district may implement said plans, programs, and objectives.

(4) Prepare, and from time to time revise, inventory listings of the district's resources and of the major public and private works and facilities of all kinds which are deemed necessary to the redevelopment of the district.

(5) Cooperate and confer with and upon request supply information to federal agencies and to local and regional agencies created pursuant to a federal program or which receive federal support, and cooperate and confer, as far as possible, with economic development districts in and outside of the state.

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

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

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

(9) Solicit the assistance and active cooperation of industry and private civic organizations which are active in anti-litter programs in the district and recycling efforts to assist in the control and reduction of litter in the district. The district may also 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 in the district.

(10) Hold public hearings and sponsor public forums whenever it deems necessary or useful in the execution of its functions.

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

C.(1) The district, acting by and through the board or the executive committee, shall prepare or cause to be prepared a revitalization plan specifying the private, nonprofit, or public improvements, facilities, or services proposed to be furnished, operated, maintained, constructed, renovated, or acquired by the district and shall conduct such public hearings, publish such notice with respect thereto, and disseminate such information as it may deem appropriate or advisable and in the public interest.

(2) Any plan may specify and encompass any public services, capital improvements, and facilities which a parish may undertake, furnish, or provide under the constitution and laws of the state, and such specified public services, capital improvements, and facilities shall be special and in addition to all services, improvements, and facilities which the parish is then furnishing or providing or may then or in the future be obligated to furnish or provide within the district.

(3) Any plan may include:

(a) A program to implement the plan in such a manner to aid and encourage private development within the district, to enhance and improve residential neighborhoods within the district, and to promote and coordinate public development.

(b) An estimate of the annual and total cost of acquiring, constructing, renovating, furnishing, operating, or maintaining the services, improvements, or facilities set forth therein.

(c) An estimate of the total revenue required to implement the plan for furnishing the specified services and for capital improvements, debt service, or both, including the proportion of the revenue to be set aside and dedicated to paying the cost of furnishing specified services and proportion of such revenue to be set aside and dedicated to paying the cost of capital improvements or paying the cost of debt service on any bonds to be issued to pay the costs of capital improvements.

(d) A list of the services, professional and otherwise, proposed to be rendered, an estimate of the aggregate of the proposed expense of such services, and an estimate of other expenses of the board required for the implementation of the plan.

(e) A proposed budget of income and expenditures specifying the source of funding, including the amount and duration of any proposed ad valorem tax, sales and use tax, parcel fee, service charge or rates of service charges, or any combination thereof.

(4)(a) The board shall submit the proposed plan to the governing authority of the parish for review and comment as to whether the plan is consistent with its respective comprehensive plans. Within thirty days after the receipt of the proposed plan, the governing authority shall submit its written findings as to whether or not the plan or any portion or detail thereof is inconsistent with its comprehensive plan, together with its written comments and recommendations with respect thereto to the board.

(b) After receipt of the recommendations of the governing authority, the board shall review and consider the plan together with the written comments and recommendations. The board may modify the proposed plan based on such comments and recommendations and may thereafter proceed with plans, programs, and objectives to foster economic development and revitalization.

Acts 1997, No. 1366, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3888 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3888
Officers of district
Status: in_force

The officers of the board of supervisors shall be the officers of the district, and shall serve without compensation in their capacity as officers. They may be reimbursed their actual expenses when traveling on the business of the district. The secretary-treasurer of the sewerage district shall furnish a special bond to be fixed by the governing authority for the faithful performance of the duties of his office, and the premium shall be paid by the sewerage district.

Amended by Acts 1952, No. 495, §4; Acts 1962, No. 280, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.46 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2740.46
Alexandria Central Economic Development District
Status: in_force

A. Intent. The legislature hereby finds and declares that it is necessary for the public health, safety, and welfare of the city of Alexandria that the property value deterioration in the principal area of the city be halted and that the causes of such deterioration be halted.

B. Creation. (1) The Alexandria Central Economic Development District, hereinafter referred to as the "district", is hereby created for the primary purpose of redevelopment of the central business district.

(2)(a) The district shall be coterminous with House of Representatives District No. 26 as such House of Representatives district may be established from time to time by legislative or judicial action; however, the district shall include only that area of House District No. 26 which is within the municipal boundaries of the city of Alexandria.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph, the boundaries of the district shall also include the area described as follows:

That certain tract, piece or parcel of land, containing 10.602 acres, more or less, together with all buildings and improvements situated thereon, located in section 4, Township 3 North, Range 1 West, City of Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, being tract shown on a survey by Monceaux Buller & Associates, LLC, dated 1-04-06, being more particularly described with reference to said survey as follows, to wit:

The POINT OF BEGINNING being a one half inch iron rod and located at the intersection of the northerly edge of the right-of way for Horseshoe Drive and the westerly edge of the right-of-way for U.S. Highway 165. From Point Of Beginning proceed thence N. 88 degrees 46 minutes 50 seconds W. 164.55 feet along the right-of-way for Horseshoe Drive to a one half inch iron rod; proceed thence S 88 degrees 54 minutes 54 seconds W a distance of 90.28 feet along the right-of-way of Horseshoe Drive to a one half inch rod, proceed thence along a curve to the right having a radius of 1,382.39 feet, a chord of N. 87 degrees 58 minutes 36 seconds W. 152.44' to a one half inch iron rod; proceed thence along the right-of way of Horseshoe Drive N. 84 degrees 52 minutes 06 seconds W. a distance of 288.47 feet to a one half inch iron rod and corner; Thence proceed n. 29 degrees 05 minutes 14 seconds E. a distance of 889.57 feet to a one half inch iron rod and corner; thence proceed S. 60 degrees 40 minutes 46 seconds E. a distance of 622.89 to the westerly edge of the right-of-way of U.S. Highway 165 to a point and corner; thence S. 29 degrees 05 minutes 14 seconds W. 578.26' feet back to the northern right-of-way of Horseshoe Drive and the POINT OF BEGINNING.

(3) The district shall be a political subdivision of the state of Louisiana as defined in Article VI, Paragraph 44(2) of the Constitution of Louisiana and, as such, shall have all of the powers accorded by law to political subdivisions of the state, including the power to cooperate with and to engage in cooperative endeavors with other persons and entities as provided by Article VI, Section 20 and Article VII, Paragraph 14(C) of the Constitution of Louisiana.

C. Governance. (1) The governing authority of the district shall be a board consisting of nine members, referred to in this Section as the "board", all of whom shall be qualified voters and residents of the city of Alexandria. The members of the board shall be appointed as follows:

(a) Three members appointed by the mayor of the city of Alexandria and confirmed by the governing authority of the city of Alexandria.

(b) Two members nominated by the governing board of the Central Louisiana Business League and appointed by resolution duly adopted by a majority vote of the governing authority of the city of Alexandria.

(c) Two members nominated by the governing authority of Rapides Parish and appointed by resolution duly adopted by a majority vote of the governing authority of the city of Alexandria.

(d) One member nominated by the board of directors of the Central Louisiana Chamber of Commerce and appointed by resolution duly adopted by a majority vote of the governing authority of the city of Alexandria.

(e) One member nominated by the governing board of the Rapides Regional Medical Center and appointed by resolution duly adopted by a majority vote of the governing authority of the city of Alexandria.

(2) If any appointing authority fails to make an appointment within thirty days after notification by the board of a vacancy, the governing authority of the city of Alexandria may appoint a member of its own choosing. The appointing authority may remove any member for cause. The appointing authority may also remove any member who has accumulated three consecutive unexcused absences from regularly scheduled board meetings.

(3)(a) The twelve members of the board in office on the effective date of this Subparagraph shall continue to serve until the expiration of their then current terms. The members appointed to serve upon the expiration of such current terms shall be appointed as provided in Paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Subsection. Such members shall be appointed to four-year terms after initial terms as provided in Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph.

(b)(i) The three members appointed by the mayor of the city of Alexandria and confirmed by the governing authority of the city of Alexandria shall serve initial terms of four years, three years, and two years, respectively, as designated by the mayor.

(ii) The two members nominated by the governing board of the Central Louisiana Business League and appointed by the governing authority of the city of Alexandria shall serve initial terms of four years and three years, respectively, as designated by the governing board of the league.

(iii) The two members nominated by the governing authority of Rapides Parish and appointed by the governing authority of the city of Alexandria shall serve initial terms of four years and three years, respectively, as designated by the governing authority of Rapides Parish.

(iv) The member nominated by the board of directors of the Central Louisiana Chamber of Commerce and appointed by the governing authority of the city of Alexandria shall serve an initial term of two years.

(v) The member nominated by the governing board of the Rapides Regional Medical Center and appointed by the governing authority of the city of Alexandria shall serve an initial term of one year.

(c) Vacancies occurring prior to the expiration of a term shall be filled in the manner of the original appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term.

(4) The board shall elect a chairman, a vice chairman, and a secretary-treasurer from among its members. Officers shall serve one-year terms but shall be eligible for reelection. The board shall adopt such rules for the transaction of its business as it deems necessary and shall keep a record of its resolutions, transactions, studies, findings, and determinations, which record shall be a public record.

(5) The board may employ or contract with an executive director and set his compensation and terms of employment. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the board may establish the term of such contract. The board also may employ such other employees as are necessary to carry out the functions of the district as authorized by the board.

D. Redevelopment activities. (1) In order to effectuate the purposes of this Section, the board shall have the specific authority provided in R.S. 33:4625(F); such authority shall be exercised solely within the district.

(2) The board shall formulate a redevelopment plan or plans for the district and submit any plan to the governing authority of Alexandria for review. The board shall formulate a program or programs to implement any redevelopment plan. Such a program shall implement the various plans in such a manner as to aid and encourage private development of the area and to promote and coordinate public development. In formulating such a program, the board may conduct studies and may consult with all departments of the city of Alexandria and other public or private agencies concerned with matters affecting or affected by the program.

(3) After adoption of the development program, the board may implement any portion thereof in such manner as shall, in its judgment, most likely accomplish said program. To that end, the district may employ or contract with engineers, architects, attorneys, underwriters, and other professionals necessary for the financing and implementation of the construction, renovation, maintenance, or operation of facilities described in the redevelopment plan and may contract in accordance with law for the construction, renovation, maintenance, or operation of the facilities.

(4) The board shall prepare each year an annual budget in accordance with the Louisiana Local Government Budget Act, R.S. 39:1301 et seq.

E. Revenues. (1) Subject to the approval of the governing authority of Alexandria and district electors as provided in Paragraph (4) of this Subsection, the district may levy an ad valorem tax not exceeding fifteen mills for such number of years as may be provided in the proposition authorizing its levy for the purpose of planning, constructing, acquiring, operating, or maintaining public facilities contemplated by the redevelopment plan and for the operating expenses of the district.

(2) Subject to the approval of the governing authority of Alexandria and district electors as provided in Paragraph (4) of this Subsection, the district may issue general obligation bonds in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 39:551 et seq. for the purpose of constructing, acquiring, or improving any work of public improvement contemplated by the redevelopment plan. As provided by Article VI, Section 33 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the bonds shall have pledged thereto the full faith and credit of the district, and the district shall levy and collect taxes on all property subject to taxation in the district sufficient to pay the bonds in principal, interest, and premium, if any, as the same become due and payable.

(3) Any ad valorem tax levied by the district, including taxes levied under Paragraph (1) of this Subsection or levied to provide for payment of bonds authorized under Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, being special ad valorem taxes, shall be subject to homestead exemption as provided by Article VII, Section 20 of the Constitution of Louisiana.

(4) No ad valorem tax may be levied under the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection nor may any bonds be issued under the provisions of Paragraph (2) of this Subsection unless authorized by a majority of the electors of the district who vote at an election held for that purpose in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Louisiana Election Code. The governing authority of the city of Alexandria shall call any such election.

(5) Any tax levied under authority of this Subsection shall be in addition to all other taxes which other political subdivisions in Rapides Parish are now or hereafter may be authorized by law to levy and collect. All services and programs to be provided from the proceeds of the tax shall be in addition to the services and programs which are otherwise provided by other governing authorities.

F. The district shall be authorized to enter into agreements with any person or persons, public or private, providing for contributions or payments towards the cost of financing public facilities in the district. The district is hereby authorized to issue bonds secured wholly or partly by the revenues of such agreements and wholly or partly by other revenues that may be received, from time to time, by the district provided the bonds are authorized and issued in the manner provided by R.S. 39:1011 et seq.

G. To the extent allowed by state and federal law, the district shall adopt a program or programs awarding contracts to, and establishing set-aside goals and preference procedures for the benefit of businesses owned and operated by socially or economically disadvantaged persons in accordance with any of the provisions of state and federal law.

H. The financial records of the district shall be audited pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 24:513.

Acts 1999, No. 500, §1, eff. June 28, 1999; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 75, §1; Acts 2003, No. 1217, §1, eff. July 3, 2003; Acts 2011, No. 272, §1, eff. June 28, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.273 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.273
Officers; meetings; quorum
Status: in_force

Officers of the board of commissioners shall be selected and perform their duties, meetings shall be held, and a quorum shall be required, all as provided in the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the Tri-Parish Economic Development Foundation on July 9, 1989.

Acts 1989, No. 775, §1, eff. July 9, 1989.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4004 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4004
Compelling connection with sewerage system
Status: in_force

Any municipal corporation which has or which may hereafter construct, acquire, extend, or improve a sewerage system as a revenue producing public utility, shall compel the connection therewith by all owners of premises within three hundred feet of the sewerage system, and the governing authority of the municipal corporation may adopt the necessary ordinance or resolution enforcing the connections and exacting penalties for non-compliance therewith.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3421 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3421
Petition for street improvement
Status: in_force

Upon the written petition of the property owners of not less than sixty per cent of the lineal frontage of real estate abutting on any street or alley, or portion thereof to be improved, or any two or more connecting streets or alleys, or portions thereof, located in a commercial district, which may be included in and considered as a single unit for improvement under the provisions of this Sub-part, municipalities having a population exceeding one thousand and less than two hundred thousand, or any incorporated parish seat, may pave, gravel, macadamize, resurface, repair, or improve the streets and alleys, or any part thereof, one block or more in length within the corporate limits of the municipality, and may levy and collect special taxes or local contributions on the property abutting the improvement, for the purpose of defraying the entire cost of the improvement. Notice of the filing of a petition for an improvement under the provisions of this Sub-part shall be given by the clerk or engineer of the municipality by publication in the official journal, or by publication in any other newspaper published in the municipality if there be no official journal, or by posting in five conspicuous places if there be no newspaper published in the municipality, and after thirty days from the date of publication or posting all persons shall be barred from contesting the validity or sufficiency of the petition for improvement or interfering with the progress of the improvement as herein provided.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9038.57 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9038.57
Taxing district in the city of Lake Charles
Status: in_force

A. Creation. The governing authority of the city of Lake Charles is hereby authorized to create, by ordinance, a special taxing district and political subdivision of the state, referred to in this Section as the "district".

B. Boundaries. The district shall be comprised of all or a portion of the area of land described in R.S. 33:4699.1.

C. Purpose. (1) The district shall have as its purpose cooperative economic development with the city of Lake Charles, in order to provide for the financing of the costs and expenses associated with the following:

(a) The renovation, restoration, and development of a hotel in the city of Lake Charles within the area of the district set forth in Subsection B of this Section.

(b) The utilization of sales tax increment financing of the costs and expenses associated with infrastructure improvements constructed in accordance with the Downtown Plan for the commercial or residential development of all or any portion of the property located within the boundaries of the district in accordance with the terms and conditions of the voter referendum held on May 5, 2007, and the design guidelines as referenced therein.

(c) The site plan for any hotel constructed immediately adjacent to the Lake Charles Civic Center pursuant to the authority of this Subsection shall set forth the elevation and design of the hotel and designate the parking area reserved for hotel guests. This site plan shall be approved by ordinance prior to construction of the hotel by the governing authority of the city of Lake Charles.

(2) As used herein, the term "costs and expenses" shall include the costs of construction, renovation, or relocation of the following:

(a) The hotel and related improvements.

(b) Public buildings and other public structures such as parking garages, streets, sidewalks, streetlights, boardwalks, piers, marinas, and related works, utilities, and fixtures.

(c) Any other costs associated with an economic development project as provided for in R.S. 33:9035.1.

D. Governance. In order to provide for the orderly development of the district and effectuation of the purposes of the district, the district shall be administered and governed by a board of commissioners established by the ordinance creating the district.

E. Rights and powers. The district, acting by and through its board of commissioners, shall have and exercise all powers of a political subdivision and special taxing district necessary or convenient for the carrying out of its objects and purposes including but not limited to the following:

(1) To sue and to be sued.

(2) To adopt bylaws and rules and regulations.

(3) To receive by gift, grant, donation, or otherwise any sum of money, property, aid, or assistance from the United States, the state of Louisiana, or any political subdivision thereof, or any person, firm, or corporation.

(4) For the public purposes of the district to enter into contracts, agreements, or cooperative endeavors with the state and its political subdivisions or political corporations and with any public or private association, corporation, business entity, or individual.

(5) Appoint officers, agents, and employees, prescribe their duties, and fix their compensation.

(6) To acquire by gift, grant, purchase, lease, or otherwise such property as may be necessary or desirable for carrying out the objectives and purposes of the district and to mortgage and sell such property.

(7) In its own name and on its own behalf to incur debt and to issue bonds, notes, certificates, and other evidences of indebtedness. For this purpose the district shall be deemed and considered to be an issuer for purposes of R.S. 33:9037 and shall, to the extent not in conflict with this Section, be subject to the provisions of R.S. 33:9037.

(8) Establish such funds or accounts as are necessary for the conduct of the affairs of the district.

F. Hotel occupancy tax. (1) In order to provide funds for the purposes of the district, the district, acting by and through its board of commissioners, is hereby authorized to levy and collect a tax upon the occupancy of hotel rooms, motel rooms, and overnight camping facilities within the area provided for in Subsection B of this Section. The tax rate shall be at least equal to the aggregate rate of all such taxes levied and collected within the city of Lake Charles by the state of Louisiana, local governmental subdivisions, and other political subdivisions or special taxing districts, except for the rate of the tax on the occupancy of hotel rooms levied by the Lake Charles/Southwest Louisiana Convention and Visitors Bureau.

(2)(a) The word "hotel" as used herein shall mean and include any establishment, public or private, engaged in the business of furnishing or providing rooms and overnight camping facilities intended or designed for dwelling, lodging, or sleeping purposes to transient guests where such establishment consists of two or more guest rooms and does not encompass any hospital, convalescent, or nursing home or sanitarium, or any hotel-like facility operated by or in connection with a hospital or medical clinic providing rooms exclusively for patients and their families.

(b) The tax shall be paid by the person who exercises or is entitled to occupancy of the hotel room and shall be paid at the time the rent or fee of occupancy is paid. The word "person" as used herein shall have the same meaning as contained in R.S. 47:301(8).

(c) The hotel shall not advertise room rates to the general public at below market rates for comparable hotels as reflected in the information received by the Lake Charles/Southwest Louisiana Convention and Visitors Bureau. If this information is not available, the district may use data collected by any other public agency which regularly creates or receives data regarding room rates for comparable hotels in the parish.

(3) The tax so authorized shall be imposed by ordinance adopted by the district, acting by and through its board of commissioners, without the need of an election.

(4) It is hereby recognized that without the accomplishment of the purposes of the district that there would be no collection of a hotel occupancy tax by any taxing authority within the district. Accordingly, if the district elects to levy and collect the tax authorized in this Subsection, such levy shall be deemed to supersede and be in lieu of any other tax on hotel occupancy within the district except for the following:

(a) The tax on the occupancy of hotel rooms levied by the Southwest Louisiana Convention and Visitors Bureau.

(b) Any hotel occupancy tax which is levied on a per head or per person basis.

G. Hotel occupancy tax financing. (1)(a) The district may issue revenue bonds payable from an irrevocable pledge and dedication of up to the full amount of hotel occupancy tax increments, in an amount to be determined by the district, to finance or refinance any project or projects, or parts thereof, which are consistent with the purposes of the district. A hotel occupancy tax increment shall consist of that portion of the hotel occupancy tax revenues collected by the district in an amount determined by the board of commissioners and which is in lieu of other such taxes levied by other taxing authorities.

(b) Dedication of hotel occupancy tax increments to pay the revenue bonds shall not impair existing obligations of the district and shall not include tax revenues previously dedicated by the district for a special purpose.

(2) The district may pledge the taxes collected under the authority of this Section to any financing of the hotel property in furtherance of the purposes of the district. Such financing may include but shall not be limited to loans, mortgages, the issuance of bonds, or the issuance of certificates of indebtedness.

H. Bonds. (1)(a) In addition to any other authority provided for in this Section and pursuant to a cooperative endeavor agreement authorized by R.S. 33:9038.34(A), the district may issue revenue bonds payable solely from an irrevocable pledge and dedication of up to the full amount of any sales tax increments designated by the board of commissioners of the district to finance or refinance or to pay all of or a portion of the costs of projects associated with infrastructure improvements constructed in accordance with the Downtown Plan for the commercial or residential development of all or any portion of the property located within the boundaries of the district.

(b) For purposes of this Subsection, the "costs of projects associated with infrastructure improvements" means the costs of construction, renovation or relocation of public improvements, including but not limited to public buildings and other public structures such as streets, sidewalks, streetlights, boardwalks, piers, marinas, and related works, utilities, or fixtures. Such cost shall also include the costs of surveys and the professional fees associated with the preparation of plans and specifications associated with the project's development.

(2)(a) Notwithstanding the limitations on the use of state sales tax provided in R.S. 33:9038.34(A), a sales tax increment may consist of that portion of state sales tax revenues of any or all taxing authorities including the state of Louisiana and any political subdivision whose boundaries are coterminous with those of the state collected each year on the sale at retail, the use, the lease or rental, the consumption and storage for use or consumption of tangible personal property and on sales of services, all as defined in R.S. 47:301 et seq., or any other appropriate provision or provisions of law, as amended, from taxpayers located within an area of the district designated by the board of commissioners as provided for in Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph which exceeds the sales tax revenues that were collected by such taxing authorities in the year immediately prior to the year of designation of such area.

(b)(i) The board of commissioners of the district shall establish the area from which sales tax increments are to be pledged and dedicated to the payment of the revenue bonds, hereafter referred to as the "sales tax area." After the establishment of the boundaries of the sales tax area, the board shall designate the initial annual baseline collection rate for the sales tax area, which shall be the amount of the sales taxes collected in the sales tax area in the fiscal year of the city of Lake Charles most recently completed prior to the establishment of the sales tax area. In addition, a monthly baseline collection rate shall be determined by dividing the initial annual baseline collection rate by twelve.

(ii) The initial annual baseline collection rate and the monthly baseline collection rate shall be certified by the chief financial officer of the city of Lake Charles. The certification shall also be published one time in the official journal of the city of Lake Charles.

(iii) If the amounts of the initial annual baseline collection rate and the monthly baseline collection rate are not contested within thirty days after the said publication, then such amounts shall be conclusively presumed to be valid, and no court shall have any jurisdiction to alter or invalidate the designation of the amount of either the initial annual baseline collection rate or the monthly baseline collection rate.

(c) The increment of the sales taxes which are to be pledged and dedicated to the payment of the revenue bonds shall be the amount of the sales taxes which are collected in the sales tax area each year in excess of the initial annual baseline collection rate. Such pledged sales tax increment may include all or any portion of such excess as determined by the board of commissioners of the district.

(3) Dedication of sales tax increments to pay the revenue bonds shall not impair existing obligations and shall not include tax revenues of a tax authority previously dedicated for a special purpose unless a majority of the electors within the territorial jurisdiction of such tax authority voting at an election held for such purpose approves the use of such tax for the purposes provided for in this Subsection.

I. Contesting ordinance or resolution; time limit. Any ordinance or resolution adopted by the district authorizing the pledge of tax increments collected, as provided in this Section, to secure bonds, debt obligations, or any other authorized financing shall be published at least twice in the official journal of the city of Lake Charles within ten days after adoption. Such publication shall include a notice advising the public that for thirty days after the date of last publication, any person in interest may contest the legality of the ordinance or resolution and of any provision therein made for the security and payment of the debt obligation or the levy and collection of such taxes by filing the appropriate legal action in the Fourteenth Judicial District Court of Calcasieu Parish. After that time, no one shall have any cause of action to test the regularity, formality, legality, or effectiveness of the ordinance or resolution, and provision thereof for any cause whatever. Thereafter, it shall be conclusively presumed that every legal requirement for the levy and collection of taxes, the issuance of bonds or other debt obligations, or the pledge of tax increments collected, including all things pertaining to the authorizing thereof, has been complied with. No court shall have authority to inquire into any of these matters after the thirty day period after publication.

J. Term. The district shall dissolve and cease to exist one year after the date all bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness of the district, including refunding bonds are paid in full as to both principal and interest.

K. Liberal construction. This Section, being necessary for the welfare of the city of Lake Charles and its residents, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof.

Acts 2004, No. 423, §1, eff. July 1, 2004; Acts 2006, No. 551, §1, eff. June 22, 2006; Acts 2006, No. 850, §4, eff. July 11, 2006; Acts 2015, No. 268, §1.

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. § 33:1355 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1355
Interlocal risk management agency not an insurance company or insurer
Status: in_force

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

Added by Acts 1981, No. 802, §1; Acts 2004, No. 700, §1, eff. July 6, 2004; Acts 2008, No. 415, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.