La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2181 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2181
Applicability; minimum standards during investigation; penalties for failure to comply
Status: in_force

A. Unless context otherwise requires, the following terms when used in this Subpart shall be given the meanings assigned below:

(1) "Fire employee" includes any person employed in the fire department of any municipality, parish, or fire protection district maintaining a full-time regularly paid fire department, regardless of the specific duties of such person within the fire department, and who is under investigation with a view to possible disciplinary action, demotion, or dismissal. "Fire employee" also includes employees of nonprofit corporations under contract with a fire protection district or other political subdivision to provide fire protection services, including operators of the fire-alarm system when such operators are members of the regularly constituted fire department.

(2) "Interrogation" includes but is not limited to any formal interview, inquiry, or questioning of any fire employee by the appointing authority or the appointing authority's designee regarding misconduct, allegations of misconduct, or policy violation. An initial inquiry conducted by the fire employee's immediate supervisors shall not be considered an interrogation.

B. Whenever a fire employee is under investigation, the following minimum standards shall apply:

(1) Prior to commencing a formal investigation of a fire employee, the appointing authority shall notify the employee in writing of the nature of the investigation, of the identity and authority of the person conducting such investigation, and of the specific charges or violations being investigated.

(2) The fire employee being investigated shall be informed in writing at the commencement of any interrogation of the nature of the investigation, of the identity and authority of the person conducting such investigation, of the identity of all persons present during such interrogation, and of the specific charges or violations being investigated. The fire employee shall be allowed to make notes.

(3) Any interrogation of a fire employee in connection with an investigation shall be for a reasonable period of time and shall allow for reasonable periods for the rest and personal necessities of such fire employee.

(4) All interrogations of any fire employee in connection with the investigation shall be recorded in full. The fire employee shall not be prohibited from obtaining a copy of the recording or transcript of the recording of his statements, upon submitting a written request to the fire chief.

(5) The fire employee shall be entitled to the presence of his counsel or representative, or both, at any interrogation in connection with the investigation. The fire employee's representative or counsel shall be allowed to offer advice to the employee and to make statements on the record at any interrogation in the course of the investigation.

(6) The counsel or representative for the fire employee under investigation may call witnesses to testify on the employee's behalf.

(7) No statement made by a fire employee during the course of an administrative investigation shall be admissible in a criminal proceeding.

C. No fire employee shall be disciplined, demoted, dismissed or be subject to any adverse action unless the investigation is conducted in accordance with this Subpart. Any discipline, demotion, dismissal or adverse action of any sort taken against a fire employee without complete compliance with the provisions of this Subpart is an absolute nullity.

Acts 1997, No. 1436, §1; Acts 2007, No. 258, §1; Acts 2009, No. 328, §1; Acts 2019, No. 267, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.54 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.54
Industrial parks; financing; pledges by political subdivisions
Status: in_force

A. The bond resolution or the trust agreement shall authorize the industrial park project to be financed and, in addition, may contain provisions which shall be a part of the contract with the holders of such issue of revenue bonds as to:

(1) Pledging all or any part of income and revenues received or to be received from financing agreements to secure the payment of such issue of revenue bonds;

(2) The mortgaging of lands, buildings, machinery, and equipment to provide additional security for such revenue bonds;

(3) The setting aside of reserves or bond retirement funds and the regulation and disposition thereof;

(4) The custody, collection, securing, investment, and payment of any moneys held in trust or otherwise for the payment of revenue bonds or in any way to secure the payment of revenue bonds, including the establishment and maintenance of loan, construction, revenue, reserve, or other funds as trust funds;

(5) Limitations or restrictions on the purposes to which the proceeds of sale or any revenue bonds may be applied;

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

(7) Vesting in one or more trustees or fiscal agents such property, rights, powers, and duties in trust as the district may determine;

(8) The acquisition and disposition of property for industrial park projects;

(9) The rights and remedies available to the bondholders in the event of default;

(10) Provisions for insurance and for accounting reports and the inspection and audit thereof;

(11) The replacement of mutilated, destroyed, stolen, or lost revenue bonds; and

(12) Any other matters of like or different character which in any way affect the security or protection of the revenue bonds.

B. All revenue bonds issued pursuant to a bond resolution or a trust agreement hereunder shall be equally and ratably secured by a pledge, charge, and lien upon revenues provided for in the bond resolution or trust agreement, without priority by reason of number, or of dates of bonds, execution, or delivery, except that the governing authority may provide in the bond resolution or trust agreement that revenue bonds issued pursuant thereto shall, to the extent and in the manner prescribed in such bond resolution or trust agreement, be subordinate and junior in standing, with respect to the payment of principal and interest and the security thereof, to any other revenue bonds.

C. Any pledge made by a local governmental subdivision pursuant to this Section shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made. The revenues, securities, and other moneys so pledged and then held or thereafter received by the local governmental subdivision or any fiduciary shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act, and the lien of any such pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the local governmental subdivision, whether or not such parties have notice thereof. Neither the bond resolution nor any trust agreement by which a pledge is created need be filed or recorded except in the official minutes of the local governmental subdivision and the state bond commission.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 277, §1, eff. July 13, 1981.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.63 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2740.63
Documentary transaction tax; parish of Livingston
Status: in_force

A. The governing authority of Livingston Parish may levy and collect a tax on the execution of any instrument, act, writing, or document transferring or conveying immovable property located in the parish. The execution of such an instrument, act, writing, or document is referred to in this Section as a "transaction". The governing authority may exempt from the tax such transactions as it shall deem appropriate.

B. The tax shall not be due and collectible unless and until the instrument, act, writing, or document is recorded in the conveyance records of the parish. The tax shall be paid by the buyer or transferee of immovable property in the case of an act of sale, donation, or other transfer of immovable property, and the tax shall be collected and remitted to the governing authority of the parish by each such person or his designee. Such buyer or transferee shall be designated the taxpayer. The taxpayer may delegate the function of remitting and paying the tax to the notary or the attorney handling the transaction; however, the taxpayer shall remain liable for the tax to the parish.

C. The governing authority of the parish shall impose the tax by ordinance, but only if the imposition of the tax has been approved by a majority of the electors of the parish voting on the proposition at an election held for that purpose. The governing authority of the parish may provide in the ordinance necessary and appropriate rules and regulations for the imposition, collection, and enforcement of the tax, including penalties for delinquency when the tax is not paid upon recordation.

D. The tax shall be due and collected upon each transaction involving the recordation of an instrument, act, writing, or document covered by the ordinance as follows:

(1) For each transaction except for time-share condominiums or townhouses, the tax shall not exceed the sum of three hundred dollars.

(2) For all sales or transfers of time-share condominium units, whether characterized as sales or transfers of an interest in fee simple or right-of-use by the developer of the time-share condominium, the tax shall be a pro rata share of the tax as authorized by Paragraph (1) of this Subsection for the sale or transfer of each one-fiftysecond share of each time-share condominium unit, which sum shall be due upon the sale or transfer of each fractional share of each time-share condominium unit; however, any group of instruments involving sales or transfers of time-share condominium units deemed to be a single transaction shall be taxed as a single instrument, act, writing, or document. For any subsequent sales or transfers of fractional time shares or intervals of a condominium unit by a seller other than the time-share developer, the tax shall not exceed the sum of three hundred dollars for each such sale or transfer.

E. The levy, payment, or failure to pay the tax authorized by this Section shall not affect nor be considered as impairing or affecting any rights or obligations created or governed by the civil laws of persons, property, and obligations, and in no instance shall any immovable property involved in any transaction be considered to be subject to any lien or encumbrance by virtue of the failure to pay the tax, nor shall this Section affect or alter or be considered by any person as affecting or altering the duties and powers of any constitutional parochial official.

Acts 2005, No. 392, §1, eff. June 30, 2005.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.459 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.459
General compliances; enhancement
Status: in_force

A. No provisions of this Subpart shall be construed so as to exempt the district from compliance with the provisions of Louisiana laws pertaining to open meetings, public records, fiscal agents, official journals, dual officeholding and employment, public bidding for the purchase of supplies and materials and construction of public works, the Code of Governmental Ethics, the Right to Property in Article I, Section 4 of the Constitution of Louisiana, and the Louisiana Election Code.

B. The district may 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 R.S. 38:2233 and of Chapter 19 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, entitled "Louisiana Minority Business Enterprise Act".

C. The financial records of the district shall be subjected to audit pursuant to R.S. 24:513.

Acts 1993, No. 494, §1, eff. June 10, 1993.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3689.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3689.6
Engineer's report; assessment of costs
Status: in_force

Any police jury upon the award of any contract or its determination to construct the improvements herein authorized, under the provisions of R.S. 33:3689.1-33:3689.17, shall forthwith require of the engineer of the parish in charge of the project a statement or report duly certified to and showing in detail the total cost of said improvements, including street intersections, engineer's and attorney's fees and other expenses incidental to the cost of said improvements, and the said engineer shall also show the amount thereof chargeable to each lot or parcel of real estate abutting said improvements in proportion that its frontage bears to all of the abutting lots or parcels of real estate to be improved and shall give a brief description of each parcel or lot of real estate so abutting with sufficient clearness to identify the same; provided, that in the parish of Jefferson or any municipality therein where any improvement is to be made upon more than one side of any lot or parcel of real estate, the total front footage of such lot chargeable hereunder shall be determined by taking the total front footage of said lot or parcel of real estate abutting improvements on all sides and dividing such total front footage by two, provided that the maximum allowable reduction in such cases shall be seventy-five feet.

Acts 1952, No. 430, §6. Amended by Acts 1969, No. 140, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3467 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3467
City of Monroe; off-street parking facilities
Status: in_force

A. The city of Monroe may exercise all of the authority granted by this Subpart to municipalities for the purposes authorized by this Subpart and may acquire immovable property to be used for the construction thereon of off-street parking facilities incidental to and in connection with a program of public improvement for the downtown Monroe area, and for the purpose of operating such facilities.

B. In the purchase of such property the city may pay prices not to exceed the higher of two appraisals which shall be obtained from two qualified real estate appraisers, except as otherwise ordered by a court in an expropriation suit.

C. If the governing authority of the city and a property owner do not agree on the price for property that the governing authority decides to acquire for parking facilities authorized by Subsection A of this section, the governing authority may acquire such property by expropriation under the general expropriation laws of this state.

D. The compensation for property acquired by the city for parking facilities authorized by this section shall be paid out of the proceeds of assessments levied against property owners under the provisions of this Subpart or be paid with certificates issued by the municipality of the type authorized by this Subpart or be paid out of the proceeds derived from the sale of such certificates. The city may further participate in the payment of the costs of such parking facility projects as provided by R.S. 33:3465.

E. The costs of operation of parking facilities authorized by this section, to the extent that such costs exceed revenues derived by the city from the operation thereof, may also be included in assessments which may be made against abutting property as provided in this Subpart and such costs may be paid out of the proceeds of such assessments or be paid with certificates issued by the municipality of the type authorized by this Subpart or be paid out of the proceeds from the sale of such certificates.

Added by Acts 1973, No. 96, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:146 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 146
Prescription of election contest
Status: in_force

After a lapse of sixty days from the date of the publication of the returns of the election as provided in R.S. 33:144, no cause of action shall lie to set aside the election.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1230 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1230
Notice of meetings
Status: in_force

Notice to members shall be necessary only in cases of special meetings.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:5061 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 5061
Right to adopt ordinances
Status: in_force

All municipalities may adopt ordinances necessary to carry out the provisions of R.S. 33:5060 and provide penalties for the violation thereof.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4432 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4432
Amendment of franchise provision authorizing assignment to Louisiana corporation
Status: in_force

When any municipality has granted, to any person, the right to occupy or use its streets, highways, bridges, or public places for public service utilities under the terms of which it is required that the franchise be transferred and assigned to a Louisiana corporation, the governing authority may, by ordinance, amend the franchise so that the same may be assigned to, owned, and operated by any person, or any corporation (whether organized under the laws of this or any other state in the union) without the submission of the amendment to the electors provided that such persons if non-resident, shall first declare and fix their domicile in Louisiana; and, if a foreign corporation, shall first qualify to do business in this state as prescribed by law.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:221.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 221.2
Annexed areas of parochial subdivisions; taxes
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any parochial subdivision which, at the time of a proposed annexation, levies any previously authorized sales and use taxes or ad valorem taxes may, upon such annexation, extend the levy and collection of such taxes to the additional territory to be included within such parochial subdivision. Such taxes shall be extended only upon receipt of a petition by a majority of the qualified electors residing in the annexed territory or upon approval by a majority of the voters voting in a special election held within such additional territory by the parochial subdivision for such purpose subsequent to such annexation. Prior to extending the boundaries of any parochial subdivision, the parish governing authority may call and hold a special election to extend the levy and collection of such taxes in the area proposed to be annexed. Where no registered voters reside within the area annexed or proposed to be annexed, no petition or election shall be required to extend the levy and collection of such taxes. The special district shall reimburse the parish governing authority for the cost of any such election.

B. Any petition received by the governing authority of a parochial subdivision requesting an extension of its authorized tax levies shall be verified by the registrar of voters of the parish or parishes in which the additional territory proposed to be taxed lies. A copy of such certification shall thereafter be filed with the assessor for the parish or parishes in which such ad valorem taxes are being levied or the sales tax collector for the parish or parishes affected where sales and use taxes are being levied. The taxes shall become effective only after the certification is filed.

Acts 2001, No. 891, §1, eff. June 26, 2001.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:5054 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 5054
Plan correcting discrepancy between prior plan and lots sold thereunder; objections; registration of corrected plan
Status: in_force

Whenever land, divided into town lots and sold in conformity with a plan, is not of the same extent as that mentioned in the plan, and the difference is more than one thousandth part, the surveyor, commissioned for the parish where said land is situated, shall apportion, in conformity with the civil code, the surplus or deficit of the land, and make a plan pointing out, according to the apportionment, the correct dimensions of each square and the breadth of each street. The plan shall be deposited by the surveyor of the parish in the office of parish recorder. Public notices shall be given by the surveyor in a newspaper published in the parish designated as the official journal or in an adjoining parish if there is none published in the parish, during thirty days, directing all persons interested to present their opposition to the plan deposited as aforesaid with the parish recorder, which oppositions shall be referred to and decided by the district court. The plan, when not opposed within the delay aforesaid, or when modified in the opposition filed, shall be registered by the recorder in his office, and shall be authentic evidence of the description and dimensions of the property.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4834 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4834
Protection given only to farmers raising produce
Status: in_force

R.S. 33:4833(A) shall apply only to farmers selling produce raised by them or on their farms and shall in no way be construed to protect peddlers who did not themselves raise the produce which they peddle.

Acts 2005, No. 354, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4712.30 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4712.30
Naming of Heymann Park Complex
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding R.S. 42:267 or any other law to the contrary, the governing authority of the city of Lafayette may name the Heymann Park Complex in honor of John "Cush" Leblanc.

Acts 2025, No. 330, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2408 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2408
Transfer
Status: in_force

An employee may be transferred from any position in the classified service to any other position of the same class, or of any other class for which no additional or different qualifications are prescribed for original entrance, on recommendation of the appointing authority and approval of such transfer by the director, but no employee shall be transferred from a position in one organization unit to a position in another organization unit without the consent of the appointing authorities of both units concerned, except as otherwise specifically provided in this Part. The director shall continuously and actively interest himself in the possibilities for providing for improvement and economy in the service by means of transfers to effect adjustment of unsatisfactory conditions of employment and to meet variations in the work requirements of different organization units.

No employee shall be transferred from a position in one class to a position in another class of a higher rank or for which there are substantially dissimilar requirements for appointment unless he is appointed to the latter position after certification of his name from a list. Any change of any employee from a position in one class to a position in a class of a lower rank shall be considered a demotion and shall be made only in accordance with the procedure prescribed by R.S. 33:2423. An employee thus demoted may appeal to the commission under R.S. 33:2424.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3052 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3052
Application
Status: in_force

This Part shall constitute additional and supplemental authority for the issuance of refunding bonds and shall not repeal or supersede any existing law.

Acts 1966, No. 477, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2503 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2503
Duties of municipal officers and employees
Status: in_force

A. The appointing authority shall report to the board within fifteen days following any appointment or employment in a position in the classified service, unless otherwise provided, the name of the appointee, the title and character of his office or employment and the date the employee commenced work in the position. The appointing authority shall also report the date of and official action in, or knowledge of, any separation, promotion, demotion, suspension, lay-off, reinstatement, or reemployment in the classified service.

B. An officer or employee of the municipality shall comply with, and aid in all proper ways in carrying out the provisions of this Part and the rules, regulations, and orders. All officers and employees shall furnish any records or information which the board or state examiner requests for any purpose of this Part.

Acts 2016, No. 669, §1, eff. June 17, 2016.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4644 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4644
Functions of board; officers
Status: in_force

The board of control shall meet and organize immediately after the appointment of its members and at least annually thereafter, and elect one member president, another vice-president, another secretary and another treasurer, whose duties shall be those customarily exercised by such officers. The board of control may establish rules and regulations for its own government, and for the operation and maintenance of the war memorial civic center. The board shall be in charge of the management of the affairs of the memorial, hire employees, and fix their salaries, provided that it shall not contract for a longer period than one year.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:177 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 177
Consolidation of suits to contest enlargement or contraction of boundaries
Status: in_force

Any number of persons interested in contesting the enlargement or contraction of the boundaries of a municipality may join in one suit for the purpose of appealing to the district court from the ordinance adopted with reference thereto, and one bond by one of the litigants shall be sufficient if it otherwise complies with the laws. When more than one suit has been brought for either of said purposes, the district judge shall order them consolidated and tried as one suit.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2431 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2431
Legal services
Status: in_force

If this Part or its enforcement by the director or the commission is called into question in any judicial proceeding, or if any person fails or refuses to comply with the lawful orders or direction of the commission, the commission or the director may call upon the city attorney or may, with the advice and consent of the governing authority through the mayor, employ independent counsel to represent it in sustaining this Part and the enforcement thereof. The independent counsel shall be paid as other employees of the department are paid.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9064 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9064
Authority to create a special district for subdivision maintenance; Jefferson Parish
Status: in_force

A. In addition to all authority granted to the governing authority of Jefferson Parish by the parish home rule charter but otherwise in accordance with such charter, the parish governing authority may create a special district for the Stonebridge subdivision, hereinafter referred to as the "district".

B. The district may perform functions which will add to the security of district residents. Such functions may include the improvement and maintenance of a security wall around the subdivision, provision and maintenance of guardhouses, provision or improvement of security patrols in the area, or other similar functions intended to enhance the security of district residents.

C. The parish governing authority may establish the district, define its authority, including taxing authority, and provide for its governance in accordance with the parish home rule charter. However, a district tax shall be levied only after the question of the imposition of the tax, including its purpose, rate, and duration, has been submitted to the qualified electors of the district in accordance with law and a majority of those voting in the election have voted in favor of the proposition.

D. Any such district shall be subject to audit in accordance with R.S. 24:513 et seq.

Acts 1997, No. 844, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9039.104 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9039.104
Authorization to create local and regional economic development districts
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any combination of contiguous parishes or separate municipalities, may, by ordinance or ordinances, form and determine the boundaries of a local or regional economic development district,which district shall consist of the entirety of the participating parishes and municipalities, as a body politic and political subdivision of the state as defined in Article VI, Section 44(2) of the Constitution of Louisiana. At least thirty days prior to the enactment of an ordinance to create a district pursuant to this Section, the governing authority of each participating parish and municipality shall conduct a public hearing on the proposed ordinance. At least ten days prior to such hearing, the governing authority of each participating parish and municipality shall publish notice of such hearing in the official journal of the respective parish or municipality. The parish, municipality, or combination thereof shall have the authority to dissolve the district by ordinance or ordinances which shall set forth the manner of disposition of all assets and liabilities of the district. However, in no event shall any district be created as part of this Chapter whereby the boundaries of such district represent less than an entire municipality. Pursuant to Article VI, Sections 19 and 20 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the district, acting through its board of commissioners, and the governing authority of such 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, including but not limited to the power of taxation, the power to incur debt, and all the powers set forth in this Chapter, subject to the limitations hereinafter provided. Should a municipality form a district, the parish in which it is located may only include such municipal territory in a district it forms with the permission of the municipality. A multiparish district may include participation by any municipality within any parish of such multiparish district. The district need not use the term "economic development district" in its name. No district created pursuant to this Chapter shall have any authority or power to expropriate. Nothing in this Chapter shall permit the districts to impose any kind of fee, rule, or regulation which governs or affects the use of the navigable waterways of Louisiana and, further, nothing in this Chapter shall be construed as requiring deep water ports or other port authorities or commissions to secure a cooperative agreement from a district or other port authority or commission when such deep water port or other port authority or commission is carrying out its powers and functions, regardless of where such powers and functions are exercised. Further, nothing in this Chapter shall adversely affect the authority of any constitutionally created higher education management board, nor shall any district created pursuant to this Chapter regulate any medical facility or higher education facility under the control of a constitutionally created higher education management board.

B. Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary in this Chapter, no district created pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter shall have any right, power, authority, privilege, or immunity unless and until such district has been approved by a vote of the people within each parish and municipality included within the boundaries of such district. Any such district created by a vote of the people shall not seek to create or impose a tax during the same election that created the district.

Acts 2006, No. 839, §1, eff. July 5, 2006.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.446 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.446
Governmental functions
Status: in_force

A. No bonds, other debt obligations, or contracts of the district, or of any subdistrict, shall be a charge upon the income, property, or revenue of Madison Parish or the state of Louisiana.

B. The district or any subdistrict created by the board shall not be deemed to be a public utility and shall not be subject in any respect to the authority, control, regulation, or supervision of the Louisiana Public Service Commission or any other regulatory body of the state, or any political subdivision thereof.

Acts 2010, No. 558, §1, eff. June 25, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:8041 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 8041
Creation of district; boundaries; purpose
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created the LaSalle-Grant Solid Waste Disposal District, hereinafter referred to as the "district". The district shall be composed of all territory within the geographic limits of the parishes of Grant and LaSalle and may include all territory within any municipality within these parishes at the request of the governing authority of such municipality. Notwithstanding any laws to the contrary, other parishes shall be allowed to dispose of their waste within the district with the approval of a majority of the board of commissioners of the district.

B. The purpose of the district is to provide solid waste disposal within its jurisdiction.

Acts 1990, No. 781, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3684 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3684
Liability of abutting property owners
Status: in_force

The total costs of improving sidewalks and curbing, including corners, as herein provided, shall be paid for by the owners of the real estate abutting upon the sidewalks or curbing on the basis of the respective frontage of the property on the sidewalk or curbing to be paved or improved, by ascertaining the entire expense of the improvement and charging it upon each lot or parcel of real estate in the proportion that its frontage or abutment bears to that of all the abutting lots or parcels of real estate to be improved.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9100.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9100.2
East New Orleans Neighborhood Advisory Commission established
Status: in_force

The East New Orleans Neighborhood Advisory Commission is hereby created. The commission shall constitute a body corporate in law, with all the powers of a corporation, and with all the powers and rights of a political subdivision of the state as provided by the constitution and laws of this state.

Acts 2008, No. 887, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.457 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.457
Securities
Status: in_force

Bonds, certificates, or other evidences of indebtedness issued by the district under this Subpart are deemed to be securities of public entities within the meaning of Chapters 13 and 13-A of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, and shall be subject to defeasance in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 14 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, 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.

Acts 1993, No. 494, §1, eff. June 10, 1993.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1815 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1815
Removal of certain officers in cities of 100,000; right to public trial
Status: in_force

Subject to the provisions of any applicable civil service law, in a municipality having a population in excess of one hundred thousand, the governing body shall, before removal or suspension from office of any deputy commissioner, head of a department, or employee, any of whom have been elected to their respective positions by the governing body, cause a written copy of the charge to be served upon the deputy, department head, or employee sought to be removed or suspended. The deputy commissioner, departmental head, or employee shall have a right to a public trial of the charges before the governing body and shall be removable only by the decision and vote of a majority of the governing body.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4504 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4504
Trackless trolleys and motor busses; regulation of rates and services by municipalities of 100,000 or more population
Status: in_force

Municipalities of the state, having a population of one hundred thousand or more, are hereby granted the exclusive jurisdiction, power and authority to supervise, govern, regulate and control, all trackless trolley busses and motor busses, operating under franchises granted by the municipality, and to fix reasonable and just rates and fares for the transportation of passengers or services rendered by such carriers or utilities.

Acts 1956, No. 234, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3976 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3976
Liberal construction; effect on other laws
Status: in_force

A. This Sub-part shall be liberally construed to promote the purposes for which it is enacted.

B. This Sub-part shall not repeal, modify, affect or supersede any law whatsoever on the same subject matter, but is intended to furnish additional means whereby municipalities may create sewerage districts and sub-districts and said sewerage districts or sub-districts heretofore or hereafter created may accomplish the objects and purposes provided for in this Sub-part.

Acts 1950, Ex.Sess., No. 6, §§17, 18.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1975 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1975
Free and unhampered passage on toll bridges and ferries; firemen
Status: in_force

A. All firemen shall have free and unhampered passage on and over toll bridges and ferries in this state, regardless of whether the firemen are in uniform or in civilian clothes, if the firemen are performing firefighting or related duties. For purposes of this Section "related duties" shall include traversing to and from their place of employment. Except as provided herein, procedures currently in effect for Louisiana state police to sign a register when granted an exemption from tolls shall also apply to personnel granted an exemption pursuant to the provisions of this Section. However, firemen may have free and unhampered passage if they have a toll tag decal affixed to their windshield. For the purposes of this Section "firemen" shall be defined as in R.S. 33:1991(A).

B. Any volunteer fireman shall have free and unhampered passage on and over toll bridges and ferries in this state when such fireman is performing official firefighting or fire prevention services. "Volunteer fireman" shall include any person who is a member of an organized volunteer fire department and who provides firefighting or fire prevention services on a voluntary basis.

C.(1) The right of free passage on and over the Crescent City Connection Bridge at New Orleans for firemen shall be exercised only by means of automatic vehicular identification toll tags.

(2)(a) Upon the written request of the chief of a municipal or parish fire department or of a fire prevention district and payment of the deposit required by Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph, the Crescent City Connection Division of the Department of Transportation and Development shall issue to such department or district the number of automatic vehicular identification toll tags requested for use in connection with the exemption granted by this Section.

(b) Each fireman shall be charged a deposit of twenty-five dollars for the issuance of his tag. The deposit shall be refunded to such fireman upon the return of the tag to the division.

(3) The use of the automatic vehicular identification toll tags provided to a fire department or district shall be limited to bridge crossings made by firemen during the performance of fire fighting and related duties. The appropriate fire department or district shall be responsible for any crossing made using the automatic vehicular identification toll tag outside the scope of the exemption granted by this Section.

D. The Department of Transportation and Development shall adopt rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act for the administration of the provisions of this Section on those toll bridges and ferries under their jurisdiction.

Acts 1992, No. 1072, §1; Acts 1993, No. 66, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1021, §1, eff. June 27, 2001; Acts 2007, No. 100, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9091.10 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9091.10
Touro Bouligny 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 Touro Bouligny 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 street and avenues: Louisiana Avenue to St. Charles Avenue (river side only) to Napoleon Avenue (both sides) to Magazine Street (both sides) and back to Louisiana Avenue (excluding all municipal numbers on Louisiana Avenue).

C. Purpose. The district is established for the primary object and purpose of promoting and encouraging security in the area included within the district.

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 security in the area, the district shall be managed by a nine-member board of commissioners, referred to in this Section as the "board". The board shall be composed as follows:

(a) The president of the Touro Bouligny Association.

(b) The board of directors of the Touro Bouligny Association shall appoint four members.

(c) The mayor of the city of New Orleans shall appoint one member of the board from a list of nominations submitted by the Touro Bouligny 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 Touro Bouligny 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 Touro Bouligny Association.

(f) 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 Touro Bouligny Association.

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

(3)(a) Board members serving pursuant to Subparagraphs (1)(b) through (f) of this Subsection shall serve four-year terms after initial terms as provided in this Subparagraph. Two members shall serve an initial term of one year; two 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 Touro Bouligny 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 chairman, a vice chairman, 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) The minute books and archives of the district shall be maintained by the secretary of the board. The monies, funds, and accounts of the district shall be in the official custody of the board.

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

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

(8) 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.

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

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

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

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

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

(2) Any plan shall include:

(a) An estimate of the annual and aggregate cost of providing the services set forth in the plan.

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

G. Taxing authority. (1) The governing authority of the city of New Orleans is hereby authorized to levy and collect annually special taxes, as authorized by the Touro Bouligny Security District, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this Section.

(2) The amount of the annual tax shall be requested by duly adopted resolution of the board of commissioners. The tax shall be a special ad valorem tax levied on taxable property in the district and shall not exceed sixteen and two-tenths mills.

(3)(a) A tax shall be imposed only after the question of its imposition has been approved by a majority of registered voters of the district voting at a regularly scheduled primary or general election held for that purpose in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code. No other election shall be required except as provided by this Paragraph.

(b) The tax shall expire at the time provided in the proposition authorizing the tax, not to exceed five years from its initial imposition, but the tax may be renewed as provided in Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph. Any election to authorize the renewal of the tax shall be held only at the same time as the mayoral primary election. If renewed, the term of the imposition of the tax shall be provided in the proposition authorizing such renewal, not to exceed eight years.

(4) No such tax shall be levied until a plan requiring or requesting the levy of a tax is finally and conclusively adopted pursuant to the provisions of Subsection F of this Section.

(5) No tax shall be imposed upon any parcel whose owner qualifies under the Louisiana Special Assessment Level pursuant to Article VII, Section 18(G)(1) of the Constitution of Louisiana.

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

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

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

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

H. Budget. (1) The board of commissioners 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.

I. 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 2005, No. 77, §1, eff. June 21, 2005.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.616 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.616
Obligations of the district
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Acts 2003, No. 1167, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.57 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.57
Supplemental powers
Status: in_force

The powers and rights conferred by this Subpart shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers and rights conferred by any other general or special law. This Subpart does and shall be construed to provide a complete and additional method for the doing of the things authorized hereby. Neither the making of contracts nor the issuance of revenue bonds or other obligations pursuant to the provisions of this Subpart need comply with the requirements of any other state law applicable to the making of contracts and the issuance of the revenue bonds or other obligations for the financing of any revenue bond project or projects undertaken pursuant to this Subpart, except as herein provided. No proceedings, notice, or approval shall be required for the issuance of any revenue bonds or any instrument as security therefor, except as provided in this Subpart. The provisions of this Subpart shall be liberally construed for the accomplishment of its purposes.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 277, §1, eff. July 13, 1981.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4712.22 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4712.22
Naming of sports complex by the governing authority of certain parishes
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding R.S. 42:267 or any other law to the contrary, the governing authority of a parish with a population of not less than three hundred fifty thousand persons and not more than four hundred thirty-five thousand persons according to the most recent federal decennial census may name a sports complex in honor of a living person.

Acts 2019, No. 356, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.10 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2740.10
St. Tammany Parish sales tax district
Status: in_force

A. The police jury of St. Tammany Parish is hereby authorized to create a special taxing district within Wards Seven, Eight, and Nine of the unincorporated portions of the parish. No municipality or any portion thereof shall be included within the district whether incorporated prior to or after the effective date of this Section.

B. The sales tax district shall be created by ordinance of the police jury of St. Tammany Parish. The governing authority of the sales tax district shall be the police jury of St. Tammany Parish, the domicile shall be the regular meeting place of the police jury, and the officers of the police jury shall be the officers of the sales tax district.

C.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and in addition to any other sales and use tax now or hereafter levied and collected, the police jury of St. Tammany Parish is hereby authorized under the provisions of Article VI, Section 29(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana to levy and collect an additional sales and use tax not exceeding one percent within the district, subject to approval at an election, as hereafter provided.

(2) Any tax imposed pursuant to this Section shall be imposed by ordinance of the police jury and shall be levied upon the sale at retail, the lease or rental, the consumption, or the distribution and storage for use or consumption of tangible personal property and upon the sales of services within the district, all as presently or hereafter defined in R.S. 47:301 through 317.

(3) Except where inapplicable, the procedure established by R.S. 47:301 through 317 shall be followed in the imposition, collection, and enforcement of the tax and procedural details necessary to be established to supplement the provisions of those Sections and to make the provisions applicable to the tax herein authorized shall be fixed in the ordinance of the police jury imposing the tax. The tax levied in the sales tax district created pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall be imposed and collected uniformly throughout the area of the district.

(4) The proceeds of the tax may be funded into bonds in the manner provided by Subpart F, Part III, Chapter 4, Subtitle II, Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. The question of funding the proceeds into bonds may be submitted to the voters in the same proposition in which the tax is submitted.

D. An ordinance imposing a tax herein authorized shall be adopted by the police jury only after the question of the imposition of the tax shall have been submitted to the qualified electors of the district at an election held in accordance with the election laws of the state of Louisiana and a majority of those voting in the election shall have voted in favor of the adoption of the ordinance.

Acts 1985, No. 568, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:116 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 116
Erection of structures
Status: in_force

When a planning commission has adopted a major street plan, no structure shall be erected on any lot within the affected area, nor shall a building permit be issued therefor unless the street giving access to the lot upon which such structure is proposed to be placed has been accepted or opened as or has otherwise received the legal status of a public street prior to that time, or unless such street corresponds with a street shown on the official master plan or with a street on a subdivision plat approved by the planning commission or with a street on a street plat made by and adopted by the commission or with a street accepted by the local legislative body, after submission to the planning commission, by a favorable vote required in R.S. 33:115.

Where a municipality has a planning commission, any structure erected in violation of this Section shall be deemed an unlawful structure, and the municipality may bring suit for a mandatory injunction in any court of competent jurisdiction to compel its removal. Where a parish has a planning commission, any structure erected in violation of this Section shall be deemed an unlawful structure, and the legislative body can bring an action to remove.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4715.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4715.1
Sale, sale-back, lease, sublease of public facilities as financing requirement; withholding of certain funds
Status: in_force

A. The following terms shall have the definitions ascribed in this Subsection unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

(1) "Beneficiary" shall mean any political subdivision, as defined in Article VI, Section 44 of the Constitution of Louisiana, which has lawful authority to own public facilities.

(2) "Bonds" shall mean any bonds, notes, certificates of indebtedness, or other evidences of indebtedness.

(3) "Issuer" shall mean any public corporation, joint commission established under Part VII of Chapter 2 of this Title, or any public trust established pursuant to Chapter 2-A of Title 9 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes.

(4) "Public facilities" shall mean any building or facility that is or will be used by any parish, parish or local school board, or municipality in the state of Louisiana to house governmental and quasi-governmental agencies and officers and any other entities lawfully occupying space therein, including but not limited to courthouse and jail facilities and related administrative offices, or that is or will be used for any lawful public purpose, and all land, buildings and movable or immovable equipment incorporated therein and relating thereto.

(5) "Non-appropriation clause" shall mean a provision which shall be included in any sale, sale-back, lease, sublease, or other agreement authorized by this Section providing that the beneficiary party to such agreement shall make an annual good faith effort to appropriate funds sufficient to pay all amounts due under the agreement for the current fiscal year of such beneficiary and that such agreement is only executory to the extent that funds are so appropriated. Such agreement shall further provide that in the event of an inability to appropriate sufficient funds such inability shall not constitute a default under such agreement.

(6) "State aid" shall include any funds to be received from the state payable to any beneficiary including but not limited to revenue sharing, dedicated taxes, local assistance, or appropriations or payments from any source whatsoever.

(7) "Trustee" shall mean the trustee financial institution appointed by an issuer as, for example, the custodian of certain funds and accounts relative to the issuance of bonds and the investment of bond proceeds, and who may be charged with the duty to make principal and interest payments to holders of such bonds.

B. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law and particularly this Chapter to the contrary, any beneficiary may finance or refinance the acquisition, construction, improvement, rehabilitation, repair, or enlargement of public facilities by entering a sale, sale-back, lease, or sublease transaction or other agreement or any combination of the foregoing with any issuer under such terms and conditions as may be agreed to in order to facilitate such financing, provided any such agreement shall contain a nonappropriation clause. Any such agreement containing a nonappropriation clause shall not constitute a debt of the beneficiary and shall not be included when calculating debt limits. The use, control and management of the public facilities shall at all times remain with the beneficiary, unless otherwise agreed by the beneficiary, and the title to any such facilities if transferred shall revert to the appropriate beneficiary no later than the date upon which the terms of any financing agreement relative to the facilities are satisfied. This authority is granted only to facilitate the issuance of bonds by any issuer on behalf of any beneficiary in order to wholly fund or provide local matching funds for the financing, and if done in such context, no other law shall be applicable to any sale, sale-back, lease, or sublease utilized in the financing agreement.

C. Any state aid to be received by a beneficiary from the state of Louisiana during the term of any sale, sale-back or lease, sublease agreement, or other agreement may be withheld by the state treasurer from the beneficiary in an amount equal to any deficiency resulting from a failure to make payments under such agreement which shall be paid over by him immediately to the trustee appointed by the issuer of the bonds, the proceeds of which were used to provide the public facility in question. Any such withholding of state aid shall be effected only upon the certification by the trustee to the state treasurer that the beneficiary has failed to make such payment, which certificate shall set forth the exact amount of payment required to satisfy the obligations of such beneficiary and the date such payment was due. Such certificate must be received by the state treasurer before withholding any state aid. Any payment by the state treasurer to the trustee as set forth herein shall be deemed to be a proper discharge of the appropriation of such state aid, and the state treasurer may agree directly with any issuer to so withhold state aid.

D. Upon approval by a majority of the electors voting at an election held for that purpose the full faith and credit of any beneficiary authorized by law to do so otherwise may be pledged as security for any bonds.

Acts 1987, No. 309, §2, eff. July 5, 1987; Acts 1988, No. 960, §1, eff. July 27, 1988.

{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1987, NO. 309, §1.}}
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4066.13 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4066.13
Additional assessments
Status: in_force

A. In the event the local and special assessments originally levied are insufficient for any cause whatsoever to pay the principal and interest, or the principal or interest, in any one year of the said certificate of indebtedness outstanding at their respective maturity dates, then in that event the parish, sewerage district, or commission issuing such sewerage certificates under the provisions of this Subpart, through its governing authority, is hereby authorized, empowered, and obligated by ordinance to levy and collect, at such time or times as may be necessary, an additional local or special assessment on each lot or parcel of real estate in the district or area involved, sufficient in amount to pay in full the said principal and interest, or the principal or interest, of such certificates of indebtedness at their respective maturity dates.

B. The amounts assessed in such ordinance or ordinances shall be due and collectible immediately on its passage and if not paid within thirty days from the date of adoption, the governing authority of the parish, sewerage district, or commission may proceed against the property for the collection of the amount of additional local or special assessment so levied, plus interest thereon and twenty percent additional for attorneys' fees.

C. A certified copy of each ordinance providing for the levy and collection of such additional local or special assessment shall be filed with the clerk of court of the parish in which the parish, sewerage district, or commission is located promptly upon its adoption, who shall forthwith record the same in mortgage records of the parish and when so filed and recorded shall operate as a lien and privilege against all the real estate therein assessed and shall prime all other liens except taxes and prior recorded local assessments levied for streets, sewerage, or water.

Acts 1987, No. 919, §1, eff. July 20, 1987.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.471 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.471
Concordia Economic and Industrial Development District; creation; territorial jurisdiction
Status: in_force

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

B. The district created by this Subpart is established for the primary object and purpose of promoting and encouraging economic and industrial development and tourism opportunities, stimulating the economy through renewed commerce, industry, research, and tourism, and for the utilization and development of natural and human resources of the area by providing job opportunities.

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

Acts 1993, No. 807, §1, eff. June 22, 1993; Acts 2009, No. 32, §1, eff. June 15, 2009.

NOTE: See Acts 1993, No. 807, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4561 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4561
Commission to manage property
Status: in_force

The municipality may create a special commission, to construct, furnish, equip, operate, and manage such opera house or dramatic hall.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:173 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 173
Effective date of ordinance enlarging boundaries
Status: in_force

The ordinance enlarging the boundaries of the municipality shall not become operative until thirty days after it has been published once in a newspaper having general circulation therein. If there is no newspaper published in the municipality or having general circulation therein, written copies of the ordinance shall be posted in three public and conspicuous places in the municipality and same shall not become operative until thirty days after the posting.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4720.81 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4720.81
Findings, declaration of necessity, and purpose
Status: in_force

A. It is hereby found and declared that:

(1) There exists in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, areas which have become slum and blighted because of the unsafe, unsanitary, inadequate, or overcrowded conditions of the structures therein, or because of inadequate planning of the area, or because of physically or functionally obsolete structures, or both, or because of excessive dwelling unit density, or because of the lack of proper light and air and open space, or because of faulty street or lot design, or inadequate public utilities or community services, or because of the conversion to incompatible types of land usage.

(2) Such conditions or a combination of some or all of them have and will continue to result in making such areas economic and social liabilities imposing onerous parochial burdens which decrease the tax base and reduce tax revenues and cause harm to the social and economic well-being of the parish, depreciating property values therein, and thereby depreciating further the general communitywide values.

(3) The prevention and elimination of slums and blight areas and their causes is a matter of public policy and concern in order that the parish shall not continue to be endangered by areas which are focal centers of economic and social retardation, and consume an excessive proportion of its revenues because of the extra services required for police, fire, accident, and other forms of public protection, services, and facilities.

(4) The salvage and renewal of such areas, in accordance with sound and approved plans for their redevelopment, will promote the public health, safety, morals, and welfare.

(5) Certain such areas or portions thereof may be susceptible to conservation or rehabilitation by voluntary action and through existing regulatory processes in such a manner that the conditions and evils enumerated in this Section may be eliminated, remedied, and prevented; and that in certain areas blight and slum conditions are beyond remedy or reasonable control through regulatory processes and cannot be effectively dealt with under existing law without additional aids herein allowed; and that such conditions often exist under circumstances in areas in which their assembly for purposes of clearance, replanning, and redevelopment is impossible without the exercise of the power of expropriation.

B. The powers conferred by this Chapter are for public uses, purposes, and utility for which public money may be expended and expropriation authority utilized as necessary and in the public's interest and in conformity with the approved plans of the parish. The provisions provided by this Chapter shall apply for residential, recreational, commercial, industrial, or other purposes and otherwise encourage the provision of healthful homes, a decent living environment, and adequate places of employment for the people in the parish. Such purposes are hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination.

Acts 2004, No. 583, §1, eff. June 25, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4346 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4346
Ordinance directing disposition of property
Status: in_force

If a majority in number of those voting at the election, vote in favor of the proposition submitted, the governing authority shall, not earlier than thirty nor later than sixty days after the promulgation of the result, pass an ordinance ordering the appropriate executive officer to make the sale, lease or other contract, submitted to the voters, including the franchise to operate the same, and to execute the deeds, conveyances, and contracts necessary to carry out and consummate the proposition submitted and voted on.

Amended by Acts 1972, No. 111, §5.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4094 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4094
New Orleans; sewerage, water, and drainage system; special tax; disbursements
Status: in_force

A. It shall be the duty of the council of the city of New Orleans or its successor, as the governing body of said city of New Orleans, to levy and collect for the year 1993, and annually thereafter for a term of ten years, a special ad valorem tax of two mills on the dollar as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of Louisiana upon all the taxable property, real, personal and mixed, in the city of New Orleans, said tax to be levied over and above all other taxes now authorized to be levied by the city of New Orleans. The proceeds of said special tax shall be paid over to the Board of Liquidation, City Debt, day by day as the same is collected by the proper officials of the city of New Orleans, and such proceeds shall be used solely and exclusively for the construction and extension and repair and maintenance of the sewerage, water, and drainage systems of the city of New Orleans and shall be deposited with the fiscal agent banks of the Board of Liquidation, City Debt, to the credit of a special fund called "Construction and Extension Fund of the Sewerage and Water Board". The Board of Liquidation, City Debt, may, in its discretion, invest any of the proceeds of said special tax in such investments as it is authorized by law to make whenever an officer designated by the Sewerage and Water Board requests the investment of such funds by the Board of Liquidation, City Debt.

B. All disbursements made by the Sewerage and Water Board out of the proceeds of said fund shall be in the form of warrants or drafts on the Board of Liquidation, City Debt, setting forth the amounts thereof, the persons to whom payable, and the purpose for which the payment is made; and the Board of Liquidation, City Debt, is charged with the duty of taking care that no irregular or improper or unlawful payments are made out of said special tax fund.

C. The Board of Liquidation, City Debt, as now organized and created, and with the powers, duties, and functions prescribed by existing laws and by this Section shall be continued as long as said special tax is levied and collected under this Section.

D. The provisions hereof are self-operative and the city of New Orleans and the several boards and bodies herein referred to shall carry the same into effect.

E. The collection of ad valorem taxes as provided in this Section shall be subject to a parish wide or local election.

F.(1) Prior to the submission of the ad valorem taxes as provided in this Section to the voters for approval, the Sewerage and Water Board shall no later than October 3, 1992, conduct a complete review and analysis of all fiscal alternatives for funding the construction, repair, and maintenance of the sewer, water, and drainage systems of the city of New Orleans.

(2) The fiscal analysis of alternative financing measures shall include but not be limited to the utilization of any surplus funds of the Sewerage and Water Board for leverage in issuance of bonds.

(3) The fiscal analysis shall be made in an attempt to effect necessary construction, repair, and maintenance without the levy and collection of taxes as provided in this Section.

(4) Prior to the submission of the ad valorem taxes as provided herein, the Sewerage and Water Board shall certify in writing to the mayor, the city council, and the Orleans legislative delegation that there are no alternative fiscal measures available to effect necessary construction, repair, and maintenance without the levy and collection of taxes as provided in this Section.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 167, §1. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 415, §1; Acts 1990, No. 950, §4, eff. July 25, 1990; Acts 1992, No. 1050, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4304 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4304
District to possess all powers of a corporation; expropriation
Status: in_force

Any district created hereunder shall have all the powers of a corporation, including perpetual existence, the power to incur debt and contract obligations, to sue and be sued, to have a corporate seal, to enter into short or long term contracts, to do and perform any and all acts in its corporate capacity and in its corporate name necessary and proper for the carrying out of the objects and purposes for which the district was created. Such district shall have the right and power of expropriating property for its corporate purposes under and in the manner provided by any general law of the state of Louisiana authorizing the expropriation of property for public purposes.

Acts 1960, No. 415, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4126 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4126
New Orleans; tax levy to pay bonds; disposal of residue; proceeds from assessments
Status: in_force

The Board of Liquidation, City Debt, shall annually retain from the revenues derived from the tax levy of three mills for the drainage system of the city of New Orleans provided for herein, an amount which, together with other moneys received by the Board of Liquidation, City Debt, from the sewerage and water board, as hereinafter provided, shall be sufficient to provide for the payment, at or prior to maturity, of the principal of and the interest on the bonds issued under the authority of R.S. 33:4125, and such revenues shall be applied by the Board of Liquidation, City Debt, to such purposes. After providing for the payment of the principal and interest of such bonds and after making such further reservation of revenues derived from the aforesaid tax as may be required by the terms of any contract with the holders of said bonds or as the Board of Liquidation, City Debt, in its discretion, may deem necessary to insure the prompt and regular payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds, the residue of said revenues shall be used by the sewerage and water board of New Orleans for the purposes now set forth in R.S. 33:4124.

In the event the proceeds of bonds issued under R.S. 33:4125 shall have been used by the sewerage and water board to pay for the portion of the cost of drainage work which is to be assessed against lands benefited by such drainage work, the sewerage and water board shall pay over to the Board of Liquidation, City Debt, when and as received, the funds derived from the sale of drainage certificates secured by said assessments, and the total amount of assessments levied upon the property benefited by such drainage works, and the proceeds of the sale of drainage liens upon such property which are not dedicated to the payment of drainage certificates, until a sufficient amount shall have been paid over to the Board of Liquidation, City Debt, to provide for the retirement and redemption of principal of and interest on an amount of the bonds issued under R.S. 33:4125 equal to the face amount of the said bonds the proceeds of which were used to pay the property owners' portion of the cost of the drainage works.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 167, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3982 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3982
Notice of intention to establish system; objections
Status: in_force

A.(1) Any sewerage district taking advantage of this Subpart shall, through its governing authority, be required to adopt a resolution giving notice of its intention to establish, acquire, construct, improve, extend, and maintain such sewerage system or systems and other improvements herein authorized, and embody therein, in a general way, the improvements contemplated, a list of streets or portions thereof or area or areas which are to be improved or sewered, and the manner of payment therefor.

(2)(a) Such notice shall be signed by the chief executive officer of the governing authority and shall contain substantially all things set forth in said resolution, and shall set forth further that the authority ordering the giving of such notice will, in open session, on the date and at the time and place named, hear all objections to the proposed improvements and the manner of payment therefor.

(b) Such notice of intention shall be published once a week for three consecutive weeks, the first at least fifteen days prior to the date set for the hearing in the official journal of the governing authority.

B.(1) After hearing and passing on the objections, the governing authority may order the proposed improvements constructed in the manner hereinafter provided. However, the governing authority of any district shall not order the construction of the proposed improvements in the event there is filed at the public hearing written objections to the proposed improvements:

(a) Signed by the resident property owners owning more than one-half of the total front feet of property which will be assessed to pay the cost of said improvements, if the assessments are to be on a front foot basis.

(b) Signed by the resident property owners owning more than one-half of the total square footage of property which will be assessed to pay the cost of such improvements, if the assessments are to be on a square foot basis.

(c) Signed by owners of one-half of the parcels in the district, if the improvements are to be funded by a parcel fee, or signed by owners of one-half of the value of the property subject to ad valorem taxation in the district, if the improvements are to be funded by ad valorem taxes.

(2) Such majority shall be determined after considering the front footage, square footage, number of parcels, or value of all properties to be assessed and the owners of such portion shall be determined by the conveyance records or the tax assessor's records of the parish.

Amended by Acts 1950, No. 462, §2; Acts 1958, No. 395, §2; Acts 1968, No. 74, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1167, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1969 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1969
Equal recognition for equal performance
Status: in_force

Equal recognition and compensation shall be received for equal performance of duty and responsibility.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9039.61 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9039.61
BioDistrict New Orleans Act
Status: in_force

This Chapter shall be known as the "BioDistrict New Orleans Act".

Acts 2005, No. 487, §1, eff. July 12, 2005; Acts 2011, No. 400, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3651 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3651
Petition for special street illumination
Status: in_force

In any municipality of over twenty-five hundred population, New Orleans excepted, whenever more than fifty percent of the owners of the lineal frontage of real estate abutting on any street or portion thereof, one block or more in length, or of a district composed of one or more streets, highways, boulevards, or alleys, shall, by petition addressed to the governing authority, ask for the special illumination of the street or portions thereof and the installation, construction, equipping, and maintenance of additional street lights for that purpose, the governing authority may proceed to install and maintain the system as follows.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9025 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9025
Annual report
Status: in_force

Each economic development corporation organized and authorized to operate as provided herein, shall file with the governing authority of the affected jurisdiction or economic development area no later than March 1 of each year, a report of its activities for the preceding calendar year, which report shall include a complete financial statement setting forth its assets, liabilities, receipts, and disbursements as of the end of such calendar year. At the time of filing the report, the corporation shall publish in a newspaper of general circulation in the community, a notice to the effect that such report has been filed with the governing body and that the report is available for inspection during business hours in the office of clerk of said body and in the office of the corporation.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 617, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:221.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 221.4
St. Landry Parish; municipal annexation; contracts; taxes
Status: in_force

A. If any municipality in St. Landry Parish annexes territory contained in a special service district, as defined by R.S. 33:221, the municipality and each such special service district affected by the annexation of the territory shall enter into a written contract, including but not limited to:

(1) Provisions for furnishing all water, sewer, and fire protection services to the annexed territory.

(2) Provisions for the application and distribution of all maintenance and operating taxes of the special service district previously authorized.

(3) Provisions for the levy of all new maintenance or operating taxes.

(4) Provisions for the retirement of all tax-secured bonds and other indebtedness of the special service district previously authorized.

(5) Provisions for the issuance of any new tax-secured bonds or the assumption of any other indebtedness for the annexed territory.

(6) Provisions for the collection and distribution of all parcel fees and all other special assessments.

(7) Provisions for the levy of all new parcel fees and all other special assessments.

(8) Provisions that all property within the annexed territory shall be removed from the tax rolls of any special service district as to all maintenance or operating tax millages levied by or for said special service district in the annexed territory.

B. In the event the municipality and a special service district are unable to come to an agreement on the foregoing issues, the parties shall submit the issues to a mediator chosen by the mutual consent of the parties for formal mediation. The mediation shall take place within forty-five days of the date of a written request for mediation by either party to the other party.

C.(1) In the event the parties are unable to come to an agreement as to a written contract as required by Subsection A of this Section, despite mediation efforts as required by Subsection B of this Section, the municipality shall be allowed to proceed with annexation of the affected territory.

(2) Upon the effective date of the annexation, the tax assessor shall remove property in the annexed territory from the tax rolls of any special service district as to all maintenance or operating tax millages levied by or for said special service district in the annexed territory.

(3) Upon the effective date of the annexation, the municipality shall deposit into the registry of the Twenty-Seventh Judicial District Court an amount equal to the amount the district anticipates it will lose in the first year as a result of annexation as provided for in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection and shall continue to do so on an annual basis until the parties enter into a written contract in accordance with Subsection A of this Section.

(4) When the parties agree to a written contract as required by Subsection A of this Section, the contract shall determine the distribution of the funds deposited into the registry of the court.

D. Each special service district affected by the annexation of the territory is authorized to transfer any and all rights to property and equipment to the municipality, upon the payment to the special service district of reasonable compensation, all as may be agreed upon by contract as provided in Subsection A of this Section.

E. Upon the annexation of any territory into the municipality, the municipality shall furnish the governing authority of St. Landry Parish and all special service districts affected by the annexation of the territory a copy of the ordinance annexing the territory as well as a map and a written description of all newly annexed territory.

F. This Section shall supersede the provisions of R.S. 33:221(A) and (B) with respect to procedures for annexation of territory by a municipality within St. Landry Parish.

Acts 2005, No. 325, §1, eff. June 30, 2005.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3817 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3817
Officers of board of commissioners of district; fiscal agent
Status: in_force

A. The police jury shall designate a time and place within the waterworks district for the commissioners to meet. The commissioners must meet within sixty days after the date of their appointment and elect officers as follows:

(1) They shall elect from among their number a president and a vice president. The president shall preside over the meetings of the board and perform other duties usually required of presidents of corporate bodies. The vice president shall act in the absence of the president.

(2) They shall elect as secretary a person assessed with property in his name or in the name of his wife to the amount of at least five hundred dollars. The secretary shall furnish a bond in a sum equal to the amount of taxes collected in the district and the amount of funds otherwise held by or collected by him during any one year. The premium on his bond shall be paid by the waterworks district.

B. The waterworks commissioners may, in their discretion, employ a president and a secretary on either a part-time or full-time basis and shall fix the salary of such positions, which shall not exceed three thousand six hundred dollars per annum, payable monthly. The president and secretary shall perform all of the duties required of them by the board of commissioners of the waterworks district. The secretary also may be treasurer.

(C)(1)(a) The board of commissioners of the water district shall, at the time of their organization, select one of the solvent chartered banks within the parish where the district is organized in which all of the money of the district shall be deposited.

(b) On the first Monday in June of any year in which the term of a fiscal agent expires, the board of commissioners shall elect a fiscal agent for a term of no more than three years.

(c) The board shall advertise its intent to select a fiscal agent at least fifteen days prior to the election in a newspaper published in the district, and if there is not a newspaper published within the district, then in the official journal of the parish where the district is located; however, the board of commissioners may renew the election of a fiscal agent for one additional term without such advertisement.

(d) Any funds received by the Lafourche water district from or for its sewerage system shall be maintained within the same or a separate account, as directed by the Lafourche Parish Police Jury.

(2) Any violation of this Subsection shall be sufficient grounds for the summary removal of the president and secretary of the board.

Amended by Acts 1952, No. 124, §1; Acts 1960, No. 418, §1; Acts 1974, No. 440, §1; Acts 1990, No. 751, §1; Acts 2003, No. 1100, §1, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2013, No. 11, §1, eff. June 2, 2014.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4780.45 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4780.45
Zoning commission; recommendations; public hearing
Status: in_force

In order to avail itself of the powers conferred by this Subpart, the governing authority of the parish shall appoint a zoning commission whose function it shall be to recommend the boundaries of the various original districts, the restrictions and regulations to be enforced therein, and any supplements, changes, or modifications thereof. Before making any recommendation to said governing authority, the zoning commission shall hold a public hearing. Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be published at least three times in the official journal of the parish, and at least ten days shall elapse between the first publication and date of the hearing. After the hearing has been held by the zoning commission, it shall make a report of its findings and recommendations to the governing authority of the parish. Said governing authority shall not hold its public hearings or take action until it has received the final report of the zoning commission.

Acts 1993, No. 201, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:7810 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 7810
Period of existence
Status: in_force

The commission shall exist and continue and shall have and enjoy existence and succession for a period of the later of ninety-nine years from November 13, 1985, or until all of its contractual obligations have been performed and all debt securities issued by it fully paid.

Acts 1986, No. 377, §1, eff. July 2, 1986.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3975 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3975
Exclusion of sewer certificates from municipal debt computation; exemption from taxation; security for public deposits
Status: in_force

A. Sewer certificates issued under the provisions of this Sub-part shall not be included in computing the indebtedness of the municipality nor in determining any constitutional or statutory limitations upon the indebtedness of the municipality.

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

Acts 1950, Ex.Sess., No. 6, §§15, 16.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.36 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.36
Enforcement and remedies
Status: in_force

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

Acts 1962, No. 52, §36; Acts 2020, No. 294, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:200 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 200
Governor's proclamation
Status: in_force

Promptly after publication of the ordinance declaring the consolidation election result in the second municipality, if both elections favor consolidation, certified copies of ordinances proclaiming the result shall be transmitted by the governing authorities of the respective municipalities to the Governor, who, within ten days after their receipt, shall issue his proclamation declaring that consolidation of such municipalities has been completed and accomplished and declaring, in accordance with R.S. 33:201, when consolidation shall become effective.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9033.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9033.1
Sales tax increment financing; Calcasieu Parish
Status: in_force

A local governmental subdivision, in Calcasieu Parish only, may issue revenue bonds payable solely from an irrevocable pledge and dedication of up to the full amount of sales tax increments, in an amount to be determined by the local governmental subdivision, to finance or refinance an economic development project or any part thereof or to pay all of or a portion of the costs of an economic development project as specified in R.S. 33:9035.1. A sales tax increment shall consist of that portion of sales tax revenues for any or all taxing authorities, other than the state of Louisiana, 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 economic development area which exceeds the sales tax revenues that were collected for such taxing authority in the year immediately prior to the year in which the area was designated as an economic development area. Dedication of sales tax increments to pay the revenue bonds shall not impair existing obligations and shall not include tax revenues previously dedicated for a special purpose.

Acts 1990, No. 96, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.72 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2740.72
Legislative findings
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that:

(1) There is a need for uniform, focused, and fair procedures in state law to provide a reasonable alternative for the establishment, power, operation, and duration of independent districts to promote, manage, maintain, and develop business improvement and development districts within municipalities and parishes.

(2) It is the legislative intent and purpose in implementing Article VI, Sections 19 and 36 of the Constitution of Louisiana, based upon, and consistent with, legislative findings of fact and declarations of policy, to authorize a uniform procedure by general law to establish an independent special district as an alternative method to promote, manage, maintain and develop business improvement and development districts in municipalities and parishes through the levy and collection of special assessments. It is further the legislative intent and purpose to provide by general law for the uniform operation, exercise of power, and procedure for termination of any such independent district. It is further the purpose and intent of the legislature that a district created under this Subpart not have or exercise any zoning or permitting power. It is further the purpose and intent of the legislature that no debt or obligation of a district shall constitute a burden on any local government without its consent.

Acts 2003, No. 904, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4343 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4343
Persons entitled to vote
Status: in_force

Those entitled to vote at elections held under the provisions of this Sub-part shall be qualified electors under the laws of Louisiana.

The registrar of voters shall furnish to the election commissioners appointed to hold the election a list of electors entitled to vote.

This list shall be subject to correction in all respects in case of mistake or error.

Amended by Acts 1972, No. 111, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:7701.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 7701.1
Consolidated drainage and gravity drainage districts
Status: in_force

A. A parish governing authority may, except in the parish of Rapides, create consolidated drainage districts, consolidated gravity drainage districts, or consolidated drainage and gravity drainage districts under the authority conferred by this Chapter. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, such districts may be created and administered in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.

B. A consolidated drainage and gravity drainage district may be comprised of existing drainage districts and existing gravity drainage districts and territory not included in an existing district.

Acts 1993, No. 19, §1, eff. May 18, 1993.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.764 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.764
Advisory committee
Status: in_force

The board of commissioners may establish and appoint an advisory committee, which shall meet periodically with the board.

Acts 2008, No. 918, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3682.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3682.2
Petition of abutting landowners in Caddo Parish
Status: in_force

Upon the written petition of the owners of not less than fifty percent of the front footage of land abutting a street, road, or streets inclusive within a subdivision, or any portion thereof, the same being contiguous with a publicly maintained street or road, the governing authority of Caddo Parish may improve such street, road, or subdivision streets, or portion thereof, and may levy and collect special taxes or local assessments on the property abutting same for the purpose of defraying the costs of the improvements, in whole or in part. The abutting real estate owners shall be determined by the conveyance records of Caddo Parish.

Acts 1990, No. 429, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2336 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2336
Uniforms, equipment, and badges
Status: in_force

A. No department, division, or agency of the state or of any municipality, parish, or other political subdivision of the state charged with law enforcement or the apprehension of violators of any state, municipal, or parochial laws or ordinances shall provide, furnish to, or permit its employees to wear a uniform of the same color, design, or markings as that worn by the New Orleans Police Department or which is so similar in appearance as to confuse, tend to confuse, or not be clearly distinguishable from the uniforms used and worn by the police employees of the New Orleans Police Department.

B. It shall be unlawful for any person to utilize or wear a uniform of the same color, design, or markings as that worn by the New Orleans Police Department or to utilize or wear a uniform which is so similar in appearance as to confuse, tend to confuse, or not be clearly distinguishable from the uniform used and worn by the police employees of the New Orleans Police Department. This Subsection does not apply to a person who first obtains the express, written consent of the chief of police for the New Orleans Police Department.

Acts 1997, No. 1080, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2217 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2217
Civil service laws not affected
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this Sub-part shall repeal or supersede any civil service law.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4339 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4339
Contesting legality of bond issue
Status: in_force

For a period of thirty days from the date of the final publication of the ordinance or resolution of the municipality authorizing the issuance of bonds under the provisions of this Part, any taxpayer paying ad valorem taxes to the municipality, or any other interested person, may contest the legality of the bond issue, or the security to be given, after which time no one shall have any right or cause of action to contest the regularity, formality or legality of the bond issue, or the security given, for any cause whatever, and no court shall have jurisdiction of the contest.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4151 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4151
New Orleans; interest rate of bonds; form; execution; costs
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under the authority of R.S. 33:4148 shall bear such rate or rates of interest as provided for in R.S. 39:1424 and R.S. 39:1424.1, shall be payable at such time or places on or before December 31, 2032, shall be in such form and denomination, shall be subject to such provisions of redemption, including redemption premiums, shall be executed and shall be subject to such other details as the Board of Liquidation, City Debt, shall determine by resolution adopted by affirmative vote of a majority of its members. The cost of preparing and selling said bonds shall be paid by the Board of Liquidation, City Debt. The resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds under the authority of R.S. 33:4148 shall be published one time in the official journal of the city of New Orleans. For a period of thirty days from the date of such resolution, any person in interest shall have the right to contest the legality of the resolution and the legality of the bond issue for any cause, after which time no one shall have any cause or right of action to contest the legality of said resolution or of the bonds authorized thereby for any cause whatsoever. If no suit, action, or proceeding is begun contesting the validity of the bond issue within the thirty days herein prescribed, the authority to issue the bonds and to provide for the payment thereof, and the legality thereof and of all the provisions of the resolution shall be conclusively presumed, and no court shall have authority to inquire into such matters.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 247, §1, eff. July 1, 1981. Acts 1985, No. 731, §1, eff. July 16, 1985.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9039.31 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9039.31
Bids required
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with the provisions of R.S. 38:2211 et seq. regarding the construction of public works or the purchase of materials or supplies.

Acts 2001, No. 992, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.447 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.447
General compliance; enhancement; federal and state aid
Status: in_force

A. No provisions of this Subpart shall be construed so as to exempt the district from compliance with the provisions of Louisiana laws pertaining to open meetings, public records, fiscal agents, official journals, dual office holding and employment, public bidding for the purchase of supplies and materials and construction of public works, the Code of Governmental Ethics, the right to property in Article I, Section 4 of the Constitution of Louisiana, and the Louisiana Election Code.

B. The district may 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 R.S. 38:2233.2 and of Chapter 19 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, entitled "Louisiana Minority and Women's Business Enterprise Act".

C. The financial records of the district shall be subjected to audit pursuant to R.S. 24:513.

D. The district shall have full power to do such things and enter into such contracts and agreements with the United States of America or with any state or federal agency or instrumentality as may be necessary to procure aids and grants to assist such district in carrying out the purposes for which it was created.

Acts 2010, No. 558, §1, eff. June 25, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1420.21 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1420.21
Special districts; approval of actions by local governmental subdivision
Status: in_force

A. If the governing authority of a local governmental subdivision is also the governing authority of a special district that the local governmental subdivision created pursuant to state law or the local governmental subdivision's home rule charter and action of the governing authority of the special district requires approval of the governing authority of the local governmental subdivision, the action of the governing authority of the special district and the approval by the local governmental subdivision may occur in one meeting of the governing authority of the local governmental subdivision.

B. The provisions of this Section shall apply only when the members of the governing authority of the local governmental subdivision and of the special district are identical in number and in name.

C. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, the governing authority of the local governmental subdivision and the governing authority of the special district shall independently follow any notice requirements applicable to any actions taken by such entity.

D. As used in this Part, "local governmental subdivision" means a parish or municipality.

Acts 2014, No. 707, §1, eff. June 18, 2014.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:199 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 199
Returns; publication; ordinance defining boundary
Status: in_force

The returns of a consolidation election and the results thereof, shall be made by the election officials to the governing body of the municipality. The governing body shall canvass the returns and declare the results of the election by ordinance which shall be published once within ten days after its passage. The publication shall be in the official journal of the municipality or if there be none, in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality or, if there be none, by posting copies of the ordinance in three public and conspicuous places in the municipality. Within ten days after the second consolidation election has been held, the governing body of the larger municipality shall, if both municipalities have voted for consolidation, adopt an ordinance defining with certainty the entire boundary of the consolidated municipality and shall publish same once as above provided.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4780.82 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4780.82
Uniform regulations within district
Status: in_force

A. Within the district, the governing authority of the parish may regulate and restrict the erection, construction, alteration, or use of buildings, structures, or land.

B. All regulations shall be uniform for each class or kind of land and structure throughout the district.

Acts 2012, No. 422, §1, eff. May 31, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:144 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 144
Counting ballots; promulgation of result
Status: in_force

On a day and hour fixed by the police juries before the holding of the election, these bodies shall in public session, within three days after the holding of the election, open the ballot boxes, examine and count the ballots, canvass the returns and declare the result of the election, which result shall be promulgated by publication in one issue of the official journal of each parish.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4786 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4786
Hearing; requirement of majority vote for suspension or revocation
Status: in_force

Before any permit is suspended or revoked the holder thereof shall be entitled to a hearing as hereinafter provided, and no permit shall be revoked unless such a hearing has been held and a majority of the governing body of the municipality or parish, or a municipal alcoholic beverage control board thereafter votes for such suspension or revocation.

Acts 1952, No. 493, §2. Amended by Acts 1958, No. 302, §1; Acts 1975, No. 359, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9202 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9202
Purposes
Status: in_force

The district, is created for the following purposes:

(1) Improving the water quality of and beautifying Bayou Vermilion in the parish of Lafayette in an effort to promote the bayou as a recreational and cultural asset.

(2) Creating and controlling a new type of viable economic development adjacent to Bayou Vermilion so as to provide a diversified economic base for the city and parish of Lafayette.

(3) Doing any and all other acts which would enhance the general condition of Bayou Vermilion.

Acts 1984, No. 161, §1; Acts 2015, No. 442, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1324.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1324.1
Political corporations and subdivisions contracts for services
Status: in_force

In order to effect economy of operation, any two or more political corporations or subdivisions may contract with each other to combine the use of administrative and operative personnel and equipment upon such basis of compensation therefor as may be mutually agreed to by all such political corporations and subdivisions.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 9, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2583 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2583
Annual vacation for police; Houma
Status: in_force

Each employee of the police department of the city of Houma shall, after one year of service, be entitled to and given with full pay an annual vacation leave of fourteen days during each calendar year; after five years of service, each such employee shall be entitled to and given with full pay an annual vacation leave of fourteen days plus one additional day for each year of service not to exceed a total of twenty-one (21) days. Such annual vacation leave shall not be denied to any such employee for any reason whatsoever.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 413, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:111 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 111
Scope of control of subdivision
Status: in_force

Whenever a planning commission has adopted a major street or road plan of the territory unincorporated, in the case of a parish planning commission, within its jurisdiction or part thereof and has filed certified copies of such plan with the local legislative body and with the clerk of court of the parish, it shall be incumbent upon any individual or corporation prior to filing or recording such plat to first obtain approval by such planning commission and the approval entered in writing on the plat by the chairman or secretary of the commission and failure to so do shall constitute the right of the governing authority wherein said land is located not to accept same as a duly accepted and dedicated subdivision. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to prohibit the respective clerks of court and recorder of records of the various parishes from recording surveys and/or plats of land presented to them for recording or filing as a public record.

Amended by Acts 1974, No. 646, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3459 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3459
Sale and delivery of certificates
Status: in_force

The governing authority of the municipality issuing the certificates, may, by resolution, authorize the chief executive officer, and the clerk or secretary, to negotiate and deliver the Local Improvement Certificates of the City of __________, Louisiana, and collect the purchase price therefor, and do any and all things necessary and incidental thereto, or authorize delivery to the contractor of all or any of the certificates in payment of their contractual obligation covering the improvement or improvements. The funds derived from the sale of the said certificates shall be expended solely in payment of the costs of the improvement or improvements, and shall not be drawn upon for any other purpose.

Added by Acts 1970, No. 21, §1, emerg. eff. June 11, 1970, at 12:00 Noon.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2755 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2755
Municipalities under home rule or legislative charters; levy and collection of property assessments for public works
Status: in_force

A. The legislature finds and determines that it would be desirable if the methods and procedures established by general laws of this state with respect to the levy and collection of local or special assessments on real property for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, or improving works of public improvement and the issuance of certificates of indebtedness payable in whole or in part therefrom were made specifically and equally available to municipalities operating under home rule or special legislative charters.

B. Acting under the authority of Article VI, Section 36 of the Constitution of 1974, it is hereby provided that any municipality operating under a home rule or special legislative charter shall have all rights, powers, privileges, and authority granted by any general law of the state which uniformly applies by its terms to all municipalities relating to the levy and collection of local or special assessments on real property for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, or improving works of public improvement and the issuance of certificates of indebtedness to cover the costs of any such public improvement secured in whole or in part by pledges of such local or special assessments.

C. The term "works of public improvement" as used herein shall mean and include the acquisition, construction, or improvement of:

(1) streets, roadways, boulevards, avenues, squares, lanes, alleys, or any part thereof including their paving, repaving and the construction, improvements or reconstruction of curbs and gutters in connection therewith;

(2) sidewalks;

(3) water supply and distribution facilities;

(4) sewer collection, treatment, and disposal facilities; and

(5) all necessary appurtenances and auxiliary facilities in connection with any of the foregoing.

D. The rights, powers, privileges and authority granted herein shall be in addition to any other such rights, powers, privileges and authority which now subsist (sic) or may be hereinafter conferred on municipalities under the laws of Louisiana or contained in any home rule or special legislative charters.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 179, §§1 to 4, eff. July 12, 1975.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.279 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.279
Exemption from taxation
Status: in_force

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

Acts 1989, No. 775, §1, eff. July 9, 1989.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.172 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.172
Creation of districts; uniform regulations throughout district
Status: in_force

For any or all said purposes, the police jury may divide the unincorporated areas of 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 1991, No. 308, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1362 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1362
Local laws unaffected until promulgation of code
Status: in_force

R.S. 33:1361 through R.S. 33:1363 shall have no effect on the laws, by-laws, or ordinances of such municipalities or parish governing authorities until such time as the code has been promulgated.

Amended by Acts 1975, No. 635, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3887 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3887
Supervising board
Status: in_force

A. In the ordinance or resolution creating the district, the police jury shall appoint at least three but no more than five property taxpayers residing within the district as the board of supervisors thereof. If a petition of twenty-five percent or more of the residents of the district is presented to the police jury requesting the appointment of supervisors, the police jury shall appoint the persons so named. If more than one petition is presented, then the police jury shall appoint the members receiving the majority in number and assessment according to the certificate of the parish assessor. The supervisors shall elect a chairman and a vice chairman from their own members, and shall appoint a secretary-treasurer, who may be either a part-time or full-time employee and shall fix the salary for such position. The supervisors shall meet each week during the construction of the sewerage facilities and monthly thereafter. The board of supervisors shall by resolution designate a regular meeting place for the holding of their meetings, which shall be held at some place located within the sewerage district or at the parish seat of the parish in which the district is located. The parish governing authority of the parish in which the district is located may pay a per diem to each member of the board of supervisors in an amount not to exceed sixty dollars for each day of his attendance at meetings of the board up to and including twenty-four days in each year. Such governing authority may also pay each member per diem for attendance of up to and including twelve emergency meetings of the board of supervisors of such district called in any one calendar year. Per diem provided by this Section shall be paid out of the district funds in the hands of the treasurer.

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, the governing authority of the parish of Caldwell may authorize the treasurer of the Columbia Heights Sewerage District No. 1 to pay the members of the board of supervisors of the district a per diem of up to one hundred dollars for attendance at meetings.

C. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, the board of supervisors of the Livingston Parish Sewer District shall consist of seven members, subject to all other requirements of qualifications for office provided in Subsection A of this Section.

Amended by Acts 1952, No. 495, §3; Acts 1954, No. 329, §1; Acts 1962, No. 280, §1; Acts 1974, No. 10, §1; Acts 1975, No. 633, §1; Acts 1976, No. 168, §1; Acts 1981, No. 552, §1; Acts 1982, No. 614, §1; Acts 2009, No. 113, §1; Acts 2017, No. 167, §1, eff. June 12, 2017.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.83 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2740.83
Approval of issuance of bonds by State Bond Commission
Status: in_force

The approval of the State Bond Commission shall be obtained prior to the issuance of any bonds of the district pursuant to the rules and regulations of the State Bond Commission.

Acts 2003, No. 904, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4755.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4755.5
Operations of the commission
Status: in_force

A. The city, through the director of any department of the city, may refer any matter relating to vacant substandard structures to the commission for adjudication when:

(1) The department has found that a structure is in violation of a city ordinance or regulation;

(2) The department has notified the owner or other responsible party at least once of the violation in accordance with the applicable city ordinance; and

(3) The owner or other responsible party has not remedied the violation within thirty days after the latest notice.

B. Upon referral of any matter to the commission, the chairman shall set a date for hearing the matter within thirty days, shall notify the members of the commission, and shall appoint a hearing officer from the staff of the commission or from the city's Department of Law. The commission may schedule and conduct adjudicative proceedings or cause such proceedings to be conducted on more than one matter at any one hearing.

C. The commission shall notify the owner of the structure at least fourteen days prior to the hearing. Such notification shall be by ordinary service of process upon the owner or other responsible party or upon an attorney appointed by the chairman of the commission to represent such person in the event that he is absent from the state or unrepresented. It shall be sufficient to notify one party in the event that there are multiple owners or other responsible parties.

D.(1) The commission shall make a determination by majority vote, based upon evidence presented, whether there has been the violation alleged by the city department.

(2) Upon its determination that a violation has occurred, the commission shall issue an order which may include the imposition of a penalty as provided in R.S. 33:4755.4(C).

(3) The final determination and order, if any, shall be in writing and the determination of any commissioner which differs from that of the commission shall also be issued based on the record of the hearing.

E. Any person aggrieved by the final determination or order in the commission's adjudication proceedings shall be entitled to judicial review as further provided in R.S. 49:978.1.

Acts 1984, No. 920, §1, eff. July 20, 1984.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:5056 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 5056
Registration of contracts when three-fourths of buildings in area are covered
Status: in_force

The contracts to be binding as between all those entering the same with reference to their buildings situated in certain designated localities or boundaries or between certain street or road intersections, and fronting on designated public streets, boulevards, roads or public or private roads or places, specified in said agreements, shall provide that the written contracts shall be registered in the conveyance records of the parish, only after three-fourths of the buildings situated in the designated boundaries or between certain street or road intersections, and fronting on designated public streets, boulevards, roads, or public or private roads or places, have been made the subject of such agreements. This fact shall be certified to under oath by such public officer, or person of the full age of majority, to be named by the parties to the agreements, for such purpose, in the contracts or agreements. There shall be no charge imposed for the registry in the conveyance records of the parish, of the agreements, should any judge or any court of record in which the real estate is located, certify in writing on such agreements that in his estimation the contracts confer some benefit to the history and public welfare of the locality and state. Registry of the agreements as aforesaid shall constitute full notice of the contracts and the validity thereof, as affecting and binding upon the parties and their properties described therein, their heirs, successors or assigns.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2481.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2481.6
Chief of administration of fire department; competitive appointment
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the governing authority may create, by ordinance, the position of chief of administration of fire department in accordance with the provisions of this Section. The position shall be filled on a competitive basis from a list of eligibles as provided for under R.S. 33:2491, and the right of selection, appointment, supervision, and discharge for such position shall be vested in the fire chief, subject to approval of the appointing authority. In addition, the governing authority shall establish the duties and responsibilities of the chief of administration of fire department in the ordinance creating the position. Such duties and responsibilities may include direct supervision over all non-fire suppression personnel in the classified and unclassified service.

B.(1) The chief of administration of fire department shall have not less than ten years of full-time fire service experience.

(2) Any person who holds the position of chief of administration of fire department may, while holding such position, apply for admission to the promotional examination for the class next higher than that from which he held at the time of his appointment. However, the name and score of any chief of administration of fire department shall not be certified to the appointing authority by the civil service board as eligible for appointment to a position of the promotional class, and his name and score shall be eligible for certification, in accordance with the maximum period for which a name may remain on the eligibility list in accordance with the provisions of this Part, only upon demotion to a position of the class from which he was appointed as chief of administration of fire department.

(3) Eligibility for admission to the competitive test for chief of administration of fire department shall be limited to members of the same department as the fire chief at the time of appointment.

NOTE: Paragraph (C)(1) as amended by Acts 2015, No. 243, §1. See Acts 2015, No. 240, §2, regarding late eff. date for identical changes.

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

(2) If a chief of administration of fire department is subjected to corrective or disciplinary action, he shall have the same rights as any other employee in the municipal fire and police civil service.

Acts 2012, No. 656, §1; Acts 2015, No. 240, §1, eff. Aug. 1, 2016; Acts 2015, No. 243, §1, eff. June 29, 2015.

NOTE: Paragraph (C)(1) as amended by Acts 2015, No. 243, §1. See Acts 2015, No. 240, §2, regarding late eff. date for identical changes.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4171 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4171
Financing agreements
Status: in_force

Any municipality entering into an agreement pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 33:4170 may appropriate such sums as are necessary to fulfill its obligations under the terms of such agreement, and may incur debt and issue bonds for the purpose of providing the municipality's share of the cost of the construction and operation of joint generation and transmission facilities authorized under the provisions of R.S. 33:4170.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 425, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.74 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2740.74
Establishment of district
Status: in_force

A. The method for the establishment of a business improvement district shall be pursuant to an ordinance adopted by the governing body of the municipality or parish in which the area of land is located granting a petition for the establishment of a business improvement district. The petition for the establishment of a business improvement district shall be filed by the petitioner with the governing authority of the municipality or parish. The petition shall contain:

(1) A description of the boundaries of the district.

(2) The written consent to the establishment of the district by all landowners whose immovable property is to be included in the district.

(3) A designation of five persons to be the initial members of the board of commissioners, who shall serve in that office until replaced by elected members as provided in R.S. 33:2740.75(B)(1).

(4) The proposed name of the district.

(5) A map of the proposed district showing existing infrastructure, if any.

(6) Based upon available data, the proposed timetable for construction of the district services and the estimated cost of constructing the proposed services.

B. A public hearing on the petition shall be conducted by the governing authority of the municipality or parish within forty-five days after the petition is filed unless an extension of time is requested by the petitioners and granted by the governing authority of the municipality or parish. The hearing shall be held at an accessible location in the municipality or parish in which the business improvement district is to be located. The petitioner shall cause a notice of the hearing to be published in a newspaper at least once a week for the four successive weeks immediately prior to the hearing. Such notice shall give the time and place for the hearing, a description of the area to be included in the district, and any other relevant information which the establishing governing bodies may require. The advertisement shall be published in the official journal of the municipality or parish.

C. The governing authority of the municipality or parish shall consider the record of the public hearing and any other relevant factors in making its determination to grant or deny a petition for the establishment of a business improvement district.

D. An ordinance establishing a business improvement district shall include the boundaries of the district, the names of the five persons designated to be the initial members of the board of commissioners of the district, and the name of the district.

Acts 2003, No. 904, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2556 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2556
Temporary appointments
Status: in_force

Temporary appointments may be made to positions in the classified service without the appointees acquiring any permanent status therein as follows:

(1)(a)(i) Except for a vacancy in the classes of entrance firefighter, entrance police officer, entrance jailer, secretary to the chief, departmental records clerk, and for the entrance classes for which the operation and maintenance of radio, alarm, or signal systems for the respective fire or police service is the primary duty, when a vacancy is to be filled in a position of a class for which the board is unable to certify names of persons eligible for regular and permanent or substitute appointment, the appointing authority may make a provisional appointment of any person considered qualified. When practicable, the appointment shall be made by the provisional promotion of any employee of a lower class. A provisional appointment shall not continue for more than three months. No position in the classified service shall be filled by one or more provisional appointments for a period in excess of three consecutive months, and successive like periods shall not be permissible. The board may, however, authorize the renewal of such appointment or authorize such successive appointments for a period not to exceed three additional months whenever it has been impracticable or impossible to establish a list of persons eligible for certification and appointment to a vacancy. Except as provided in Item (ii) of this Subparagraph, any provisional appointment, if not terminated sooner, shall terminate upon the regular filling of the vacancy in any manner authorized under this Part and, in any event, within fifteen days after a certification from which a regular or substitute appointment, as the case may be, can be made under the provisions of this Part. A provisional appointment shall be reported to the board within fifteen days following the appointment.

(ii) Any provisional appointment made to a position of the competitive classes, as provided for by R.S. 33:2552(7), shall be terminated upon the regular filling of the vacancy in any manner authorized under this Part and, in any event, within sixty days after certification from which a regular or substitute appointment, as the case may be, can be made under the provisions of this Part. A provisional appointment shall be reported to the board within fifteen days following the appointment.

(iii) When a vacancy is to be filled in the classes of entrance firefighter, entrance police officer, entrance jailer, secretary to the chief, departmental records clerk, and for the entrance classes for which the operation and maintenance of radio, alarm, or signal systems for the respective fire or police service is the primary duty, the appointing authority may make a provisional appointment of any person considered qualified. A provisional appointment shall not exceed sixty days. Successive appointments in the classes of entrance firefighter, entrance police officer, entrance jailer, secretary to the chief, departmental records clerk, and for the entrance classes for which the operation and maintenance of radio, alarm, or signal systems for the respective fire or police service is the primary duty shall be prohibited.

(b) During time of war, and after the board continues to offer tests provided by this Part in an effort to obtain persons eligible for regular and permanent appointment to a position of any class which has been permanently vacated by the regular employee thereof, if it finds it impossible to establish a list of persons qualified for certification and permanent appointment to the position in the classified service, it may authorize the appointing authority to fill the position with a provisional appointee until the appropriate employment list can be established.

(c) Provisional appointments may be made in any position until a classification plan is prepared and adopted and for such time thereafter as may be required for the preparation and administration of tests and the establishment of employment lists from the results of the tests. But such special authority shall be valid for a period of not more than eighteen months immediately following the date that this Part takes effect in the municipality or parish or fire protection district, as the case may be.

(d) Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 1281, §1.

(2) A substitute appointment may be made to any position in the classified service from which the regular and permanent employee is away on an authorized leave of absence, or from which the regular employee is substituting for some other regular employee who is authorized to be away from his position. No position shall be filled by a substitute appointee for a time beyond that for which the regular and permanent incumbent is away on an authorized leave. Whenever such appointment shall continue for not more than thirty days, the appointing authority may appoint thereto anyone considered qualified. Substitute appointments made for a period exceeding thirty days shall be made in the same manner as provided in R.S. 33:2554 for the filling of a vacancy by a regular and permanent appointment. Any person employed on a substitute basis shall, for the duration of the temporary employment, enjoy the class title and be entitled to receive the rate of pay for the class and position in which he is employed. The appointing authority shall notify the board within fifteen days following any substitute appointment made for a period to exceed thirty days, the name of the appointee, the class of position filled, the period for which the appointment was made, and shall attach to the notification a signed copy of the leave of absence granted the employee for whom the appointee is substituting.

(3) Emergency appointment of any person may be made at any time the need of the service requires because of any local emergency of a temporary and special nature. No such appointment shall be effective or continued for a period greater than ninety days, but in any case, an emergency appointment shall be terminated upon the conclusion of the emergency period. In the event that a state of emergency is declared by the governor, such appointments shall be effective for the duration of the state of emergency.

Acts 1964, No. 282, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 56, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1281, §1; Acts 2006, No. 491, §1, eff. July 1, 2006; Acts 2008, No. 265, §1, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2021, No. 51, §1; Acts 2024, No. 230, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9039.70 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9039.70
Funding by city of New Orleans; fees and charges
Status: in_force

A. The district and the city of New Orleans shall enter into an agreement to provide funds to the district by the city in exchange for the district performing its duties under this Chapter. Such agreement shall provide that the city shall budget annually, subject to appropriation by the city council, the amount of funds payable to the district for the duration all as set forth in such agreement. The city shall use any lawfully available funds for such purpose. Such agreement shall be deemed to be a legal obligation of the parties thereto to perform and the benefits to each shall be deemed to be in fulfillment of a public purpose with a commensurate value to each party presumed.

B. The district may levy impact fees for development of properties within the district based on rules of the district relative thereto, subject to the approval of the council of the city of New Orleans and as allowed by general law.

C. As part of any negotiated transaction involving the district and a private entity, and in the event the private entity advances project costs to be reimbursed by the district, the district may execute a cooperative endeavor agreement committing a percentage of new tax receipts to be shared to reimburse such advances.

D. The district may fix and revise from time to time and charge and collect rates, rents, fees, and charges for the use of and for the services furnished or to be furnished by a project of the district or any portion thereof, and to contract with any other person, partnership, association, or corporation or other body, public or private in respect thereto.

E. The district may negotiate and charge to primary and participating institutions, in such manner as it may determine, administrative costs and expenses incurred by the district but only when requested to facilitate a project with which such requesting primary and participating institutions to be charged have voluntarily elected to participate.

Acts 2005, No. 487, §1, eff. July 12, 2005.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.203 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.203
Powers of district
Status: in_force

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

(1) To sue and be sued.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Acts 1988, No. 634, §1, eff. July 14, 1988.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1653 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1653
Police jury member and tax collector ineligible for treasurer
Status: in_force

No member of the police jury shall be eligible as parish treasurer.

No person shall hold at the same time the two offices of parish treasurer and collector of parish taxes.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:7577 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 7577
Beachfront development districts; zoning and development of property
Status: in_force

A district shall have the authority to enact ordinances necessary for the zoning and development of property located in the district.

Acts 1992, No. 59, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4562.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4562.4
St. Mary Parish; contracts; taxes
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the governing authorities for the parish of St. Mary, the town of Berwick and Recreational District No. 3 of St. Mary Parish may enter into a written contract assigning the town the obligation to provide service in the area of the district annexed by the town. The contract shall include but not be limited to:

(1) Provisions that the district shall continue to levy and collect taxes within the boundaries of the town existing as of July 1, 2016, for the retirement of any outstanding tax-secured bonds of the district existing as of July 1, 2016.

(2) Provisions that, during the time the contract is effective, the district shall not levy maintenance taxes authorized prior to the effective date of the contract within the boundaries of the town existing as of July 1, 2016.

(3) Provisions that, during the time the contract is effective, the district shall not levy or collect any new maintenance taxes within the boundaries of the town existing as of July 1, 2016.

(4) Provisions that, during the time the contract is effective, if the district issues any tax-secured bonds, the assessed valuation of any properties within the boundaries of the town existing as of July 1, 2016, shall not be used in computing the capacity of the district to issue such bonds.

(5) Provisions that taxes shall not be levied or collected affecting any properties within the boundaries of the town existing as of July 1, 2016, for the retirement of new bonds of the district issued while the contract is effective, other than bonds issued to refinance bonds of the district outstanding as of July 1, 2016, and further provides that any refinanced bonds shall not have an expiration date that extends beyond March 1, 2025.

(6) Provisions authorizing the St. Mary Parish Council, the town of Berwick, and Recreational District No. 3 of St. Mary Parish to change boundaries of the district so as to exclude any properties that are within the boundaries of the town existing as of July 1, 2016, provided the changed boundaries do not violate any tax-secured bonds of the district outstanding as of July 1, 2016, or refinanced bonds issued to refinance such bonds, provided any refinanced bonds shall not have an expiration date that extends beyond March 1, 2025.

Acts 2016, No. 163, §1, eff. May 19, 2016.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1247.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1247.5
Director of ambulance service district
Status: in_force

The board of commissioners shall appoint a director of ambulance service district hereafter referred to as "director," who has had experience in the field of administration and is familiar with the principles and methods of medical care or who in the opinion of the board of commissioners has held a responsible position in the area of management. He shall assume full responsibilities as director of the district and shall receive a salary fixed by the commission. He shall serve at the pleasure of the commission.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 113, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9057 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9057
Director; staff
Status: in_force

A. The board of commissioners shall appoint a director of the ambulance service district who has had experience in the field of administration and is familiar with the principles and methods of medical care or who in the opinion of the board of commissioners has held a responsible position in the area of management. The director shall serve as secretary-treasurer of the board. He shall furnish a surety bond in a sum equal to the amount of taxes collected annually in the district. The premium on this bond shall be paid by the board out of the funds of the district. The director shall assume full responsibilities as director of the district, shall receive a salary fixed by the board, and shall serve at the pleasure of the board.

B. The board shall appoint such staff as is necessary to provide adequate ambulance service in the parish. The staff shall assist the director in the operation of the district.

Acts 1985, No. 121, §1, eff. June 29, 1985.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3887.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3887.7
Individual sewerage districts; consolidation and merger
Status: in_force

A sewerage district located wholly within the boundaries of a parish with a population between one hundred twenty thousand and one hundred sixty thousand according to the latest federal decennial census shall be able to merge or consolidate itself into another sewerage district wholly located within the same parish according to the procedure provided for in Article VI, Section 16 of the Constitution of Louisiana.

Acts 2016, No. 439, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.55 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.55
Bond sale and execution; receipts; local government liability
Status: in_force

A. The revenue bonds shall be sold in such manner, at such times, and at such prices as the governing authority of the local governmental subdivision may determine.

B. The revenue bonds and coupons, if any, attached thereto shall be executed in the name of the local governmental subdivision by the manual or facsimile signatures of such official or officials as may be designated in the bond resolution or the trust agreement authorizing their issuance. If any officer whose manual or facsimile signature appears on any revenue bond or coupon ceases to be such officer before the delivery of such bonds, such signature nevertheless shall be valid and sufficient for all purposes as if he had remained in office until such delivery. The bond resolution or trust agreement may provide for authentication of the bonds by the trustee or fiscal agent thereunder.

C. Pending the preparation of definitive revenue bonds, the local governmental subdivision may issue interim receipts or temporary revenue bonds, with or without coupons, exchangeable for definitive revenue bonds when such bonds have been executed and are available for delivery.

D. No officer or member of the local governmental subdivision, its governing authority, the state bond commission, or any person executing such revenue bonds shall be liable personally on such bonds.

E. The local governmental subdivision shall have power to purchase its revenue bonds out of any funds available therefor under the bond resolution or the trust agreement authorizing or securing such bonds.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 277, §1, eff. July 13, 1981.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:204 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 204
Rights and liabilities of constituent municipalities; taxation
Status: in_force

The new municipality shall, when a consolidation becomes effective, be vested with all the rights and properties of the municipalities of which it was formed, and shall be responsible and liable for all contracts, debts and obligations of such municipalities. But the taxable property in one constituent municipality shall not be taxed to provide for payment of the bonds or other funded debt of another. The governing body of the consolidated municipality shall levy on the taxable property in each constituent municipality any special taxes for the term and at the rate previously authorized therein to provide for the payment, exchange or refund of any outstanding bonds or other funded debt of such municipality.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:8055 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 8055
Authority as political subdivision
Status: in_force

The authority is hereby declared to be a political subdivision of the state. For carrying out the purposes of this Chapter, the authority, under the provisions of the Constitution of Louisiana, shall have the power to incur debt and issue bonds, consistent with state laws, for the purposes for which the authority is created.

Acts 1992, No. 1061, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:120.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 120.5
Police jury of Calcasieu Parish; planning and zoning
Status: in_force

A. For the purposes of promoting health, safety, morality, or the general welfare of the parish, the police jury of the parish of Calcasieu may regulate and restrict the height, number of stories, and size of buildings and other structures, the percentage of lot that may be occupied, the size of yards, courts, and other open spaces, the density of population, and the location and use of the building, structures and land for trade, industry, residence, or other purposes in the parish.

B. For any or all of said purposes, the police jury may divide the parish into districts of such number, shape, and area as may be deemed best suited to carry out the purposes of this Subpart. 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.

C. Such regulations shall be made in accordance with a comprehensive plan and designed to lessen congestion in the public streets; to secure safety from fires; to promote health and the general welfare; to provide adequate light and air; to avoid undue concentration of population; and to facilitate adequate transportation, water supply, sewerage, schools, parks, and other public requirements. The regulations shall be made with reasonable consideration of the character of the district and its peculiar suitability for particular uses and with a view to conserving the values of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the parish.

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

E. The regulations, restrictions, and boundaries may from time to time be amended, supplemented, changed, modified, or repealed. No amendment shall become effective except by the favorable vote of a majority of the quorum of the police jury. The provisions of Subsection D of this Section relative to public hearing and official notice shall apply equally to all changes or amendments.

Acts 1997, No. 1274, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:381.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 381.1
Election or appointment of marshal
Status: in_force

The marshal who is the chief of police in such municipalities shall be elected at large, provided that, notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, a majority of the qualified electors voting therein may, at a special election called by the board of aldermen for that purpose, authorize the mayor to thereafter appoint a marshal with the approval of the board of aldermen. Such special election shall be called only upon the presentation of a petition, directed to the board of aldermen and signed by at least twenty-five percent of the qualified electors of the municipality. Once such an election has been called and held, no further or other election on the same question shall be held for at least four years.

If the people of any municipality vote to authorize the mayor to appoint the marshal, the first such appointment shall be made at the end of the term of the marshal in office at the time the election was held unless at that time the office of marshal is vacant or the incumbent is an appointed official.

Upon the expiration of at least four years after the effective date of any such determination that the marshal shall be an appointed rather than an elected official the people of any such municipality may determine that said official shall be elective, but only in the same manner and through the same petition and election procedure as hereinabove set forth.

Added by Acts 1970, No. 647, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:7756 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 7756
Combination of administrative personnel of two or more districts; approval of ordinances by state health officer
Status: in_force

To effect economy of operation, any two or more districts may combine the use of administrative and operative personnel and equipment upon such basis of compensation therefor as is mutually agreed to by all such boards of commissioners participating.

Acts 1992, No. 198, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1884 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1884
Liability for failure to serve process; prima facie evidence
Status: in_force

Upon a neglect, failure, or refusal of any sheriff or his deputies, or the coroner, or constable, to serve any legal process in either a civil or criminal proceeding by which any person, the state, parish, or municipal corporation, ordering the same is injured, or loses his recourse on the claim sued on, or on the property which was liable to seizure under any writs at the time they were placed in the hands of the officer, the officer shall be responsible, as well as his securities on his official bonds, to the party injured for the full amount owing on the claim sued on, or the writ he has failed to execute, or other damage. Proof by the party injured that the officer failed to serve the process on the proper party, or that he made illegal service thereof, so that prescription barred the claim, or the court was deprived of jurisdiction, or that when the legal process was placed in the officer's hands, the party against whom it was issued, had property, rights, or credits liable to seizure, and within the jurisdiction of the officer, and he failed to seize the same, shall be prima facie evidence of liability of the officer and his securities on his official bond for the amount of the writ. However, the sheriff or other officer may require an indemnifying bond or the advance of or security for costs in cases provided by law.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2398 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2398
City director of personnel
Status: in_force

A. The city director of personnel shall be in the classified service and shall be a person who has had experience in the field of personnel administration and is familiar with its principles and methods, and who is in sympathy with the application of merit principles and scientific methods of public employment. He shall receive an annual salary fixed in accordance with the pay plan adopted under R.S. 33:2406. He shall neither hold nor become a candidate or applicant for any other public office, or position of trust or public employment.

B. Within thirty days after the first members of the commission have been appointed and qualified, and thereafter within thirty days after a vacancy occurs in the office of director, which cannot be filled from an existing list pursuant to this Section, the commission shall appoint a special examining committee of three persons to examine the qualifications of all persons applying for appointment to the office of director. The members of the committee shall be persons who have knowledge of and are in sympathy with the principles of the merit system in public personnel administration. The members of the committee may, but need not necessarily, be either citizens or residents of Louisiana. Any two members shall constitute a quorum. The committee shall have the same powers and duties with respect to the conduct of the test and establishment of the employment list for the position of director as are vested in or imposed upon the director under the provisions of this Part with respect to other positions in the classified service.

C. As soon as practicable after its appointment, and in no event more than sixty days thereafter, the examining committee shall hold an adequate competitive test, designed to determine whether applicants possess the necessary qualifications, in accordance with the provisions of this Part, and examine applicants for the position of director, and shall certify to the commission the names of the three persons rated highest in the competitive test and found by the committee to possess the necessary qualifications for the office of director, arranged in descending order, with the name of the person considered best qualified listed first. Persons so certified may, but need not, be either citizens or residents of Louisiana. The commission shall then appoint one of the persons so certified to the office of city director of personnel. No person who has not been examined and certified by an examining committee, as herein provided, shall be appointed to the office of director. Every employment list for director shall expire one year after it is established. The commission shall fix the compensation and shall authorize the payment of actual necessary expenses of members of the examining committee provided for in this Section.

D. The director shall be in the classified service and shall be subject to removal by the commission only for cause set forth in written charges and after public hearing by the commission, to be held in accordance with rules to be adopted by the commission.

E. When this Part first takes effect in a city, the first commission may appoint without competitive examination a provisional city director of personnel who shall have all the duties and powers of the director and shall serve until the director is selected as provided above in this Section.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.50.36 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.50.36
Grant of power
Status: in_force

For the purposes of promoting the public health, safety, morals, convenience, order, prosperity, and general welfare, the town council and the police jury are hereby empowered, in accordance with the conditions and procedures specified in this Subpart, to adopt housing codes prescribing minimum standards for the area, volume, light, air, ventilation, illumination, occupancy and density of occupancy, and sanitation of dwellings and dwelling places; to adopt building codes, plumbing codes, electrical codes, and related measures to regulate the construction, reconstruction, alteration, extension, conversion, or maintenance of buildings; to regulate by building and housing codes or other measures or ordinances conditions of sanitation, including requirements for water supply and sewerage disposal and drainage; and to adopt such other ordinances, regulations, and plans as, in their judgment, are necessary to effect the rehabilitation of substandard dwellings and blighted areas within the municipality, in the case of the municipality, and within that part of the parish within the metropolitan planning area but outside the municipality, in the case of the parish; provided, however, that such codes, ordinances, plans, or other measures may be adopted with respect only to such portion of the metropolitan planning area outside the municipality as, in the judgment of the police jury, is deemed necessary.

Acts 2019, No. 75, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4082 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4082
Leasing of conduits; fiber optic cable
Status: in_force

The board shall have authority to lease and install conduits attached to pipe for housing fiber optic cable for the generation and transmission of electricity to board facilities as a part of its authority to operate, install, and repair the sewer, water and drainage systems under its control.

Acts 2005, No. 308, §1, eff. June 29, 2005.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:256 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 256
Applicable election laws
Status: in_force

The election laws of this state applicable to other elections held under Part V and VI of Chapter 5, Chapter 6-A, Chapter 6-B, Chapter 7, Chapter 8, Chapter 8-A, and Chapter 9 of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 shall govern elections held pursuant to this Subpart.

Acts 2016, No. 313, §1, eff. June 2, 2016.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.527 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.527
Securities
Status: in_force

Bonds, certificates, or other evidences of indebtedness issued by the district under this Subpart are deemed to be securities of public entities within the meaning of Chapters 13 and 13-A of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and shall be subject to defeasance in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 14 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, 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.

Acts 1995, No. 315, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.443 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.443
Powers of district
Status: in_force

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

(1) To sue and be sued.

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

(3) To acquire by purchase or donation any property and to hold, maintain, and use such property, or any interest therein.

(4) To sell or transfer any property acquired by it, or any interest therein.

(5) To lease or sublease all or any portion of any property at a fixed or variable rental rate without advertisement for public bids.

(6) To donate property to the United States or any political subdivision of the state.

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

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

(9) To develop, regulate, and operate activities and planned land uses to foster creation of new jobs, agricultural, economic, or industry developments.

(10) To develop and regulate the construction, operation, maintenance, and improvement of facilities and infrastructure on property owned or leased by the district.

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

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

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

(14) The board may contract with and employ attorneys, clerks, engineers, deputy commissioners, superintendents, a director, and other agents and employees, and shall fix their compensation and terms of employment.

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

C.(1) The district may create subdistricts as provided in this Subsection.

(2) The district shall publish notice of its intent to create and designate one or more project areas within the boundaries of the district as a subdistrict or subdistricts of the district in the official journal of the district. At least ten days after publication of such notice in the official journal of the district, the board shall conduct a public hearing on the question of creating such subdistrict or subdistricts.

(3) Thereafter, upon approval by a majority of the members of the governing authority of Madison Parish, the board may create such subdistrict or subdistricts approved by the governing authority. Each such subdistrict shall constitute a political subdivision of the state and shall be governed by the board. Each subdistrict shall have the same powers as the district and shall be given a name and designated as "Madison Parish Economic and Industrial Development District Subdistrict No. ___".

Acts 2010, No. 558, §1, eff. June 25, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.50.11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.50.11
General purpose of the plan
Status: in_force

In the preparation of the master plan, the commission shall make careful and comprehensive surveys and studies of the existing conditions and probable future growth of the municipality and its environs. The plan shall be made with the general purpose of guiding and accomplishing a coordinated, adjusted, and harmonious development of the metropolitan planning area which will, in accordance with existing and future needs, best promote public health, safety, morals, order, convenience, prosperity, or the general welfare, as well as efficiency and economy in the process of development.

Acts 2019, No. 75, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2024 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2024
Salary deductions; donations; source of fund
Status: in_force

The municipality shall each month deduct from the salary of each paid fireman one per cent of the amount thereof and pay the amount deducted into the fund. The municipality may receive any donations or bequests to the fund. The fund shall be maintained by the salary deductions, by any donations that are made to it, and by the appropriations provided for in R.S. 33:2023.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3955 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3955
Advertising for bids; awarding contract
Status: in_force

When the work has been duly authorized and the plans and specifications approved, the governing authority shall advertise for bids for installing and constructing the system in the same manner provided by law for the letting of public contracts for the municipality, and shall accept any bid and enter into any contract for the installation in the manner provided by law. If the petitioning property owners in their original petition have fixed maximum amounts beyond which the entire cost of the work shall not extend for each lineal front foot, no bid shall be accepted or no contract let which is in excess of that maximum.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4
Legal action contesting an incorporation
Status: in_force

A. Any of the following persons or governmental entities may file a petition contesting the incorporation:

(1) Any elector residing in the area proposed for incorporation.

(2) Any person owning land in such area.

(3) Any municipality which might be adversely affected or an elected official of the governing authority of such a municipality.

B. The petition shall be filed and summons served on the chairperson of the petition within the times specified in R.S. 33:3(D). The petition shall be filed in the district court having jurisdiction over the area in which all or a majority of the electors eligible to have voted in the special election on incorporation reside. The petition shall set forth the reasons why the incorporation should not be approved, which may include the reason that the incorporation might adversely affect the person or governmental entity. The procedures applicable to a civil action shall be applicable to these actions. If more than one petition is filed, the actions shall be consolidated for trial.

C. The district court may designate or appoint a commissioner who shall be a noninterested party to hold hearings on the petition. The designated or appointed commissioner, after holding such hearings, shall file a written report stating his findings of fact and conclusions of law concerning the petition and making a recommendation to the district court concerning whether the area should be incorporated.

D. The district court shall determine whether there has been full compliance with the provisions of this Subpart, including the accuracy of the statements in the petition and of the certification of the registrar of voters. The court shall also reach a determination as to whether the municipality can in all probability provide the proposed public services within a reasonable period of time and whether the incorporation is reasonable. In determining whether the incorporation is reasonable, the court shall consider the possible adverse effects the incorporation may have on other municipalities in the vicinity.

E.(1) If the district court determines that the provisions of this Subpart have been complied with, that the municipality has the capacity to provide the proposed public services within a reasonable period of time, and that the incorporation is reasonable, the district court shall enter an order declaring the date the municipality shall become incorporated. The order shall set forth the name and the boundaries of the municipality. Unless this order is vacated by a timely suspensive appeal, a copy of the order shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state.

(2)(a) If the district court determines that the provisions of this Subpart have not been complied with, that the proposed municipality will not be able to provide the public services proposed in the petition within a reasonable period of time, or that the incorporation is unreasonable, the district court shall enter an order denying the incorporation.

(b) Unless the order is vacated by timely appeal, no petition for the incorporation of all or part of the area proposed for incorporation under this Subpart shall be circulated for two years from the date of the order of the district court.

Acts 1984, No. 536, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1984.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2581.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2581.4
Cancer screenings; certain firefighters and fire service employees
Status: in_force

A. A classified firefighter employed as a full-time paid employee of a municipal or parish fire department or fire protection district and fire service employees employed by a nonprofit corporation under contract with a fire protection district shall be provided a cancer screening examination conducted by a physician. The initial examination shall be conducted not less than three years after the start of employment, and subsequent examinations shall be conducted during the course of employment in accordance with the following schedule:

(1) Every five years for firefighters and fire service employees who are not less than twenty years of age and not more than thirty-nine years of age.

(2) Every four years for firefighters and fire service employees who are not less than forty years of age and not more than forty-nine years of age.

(3) Every three years for firefighters and fire service employees who are fifty years of age or older.

B. The examination shall include but not be limited to screening for the following cancers:

(1) Colon.

(2) Lung.

(3) Bladder.

(4) Oral.

(5) Thyroid.

(6) Skin.

(7) Blood.

(8) Breast.

(9) Cervical.

(10) Testicular.

(11) Prostate.

C. Any firefighter or fire service employee who retires from active service, including a firefighter or fire service employee who retires due to a disability, shall be provided cancer screening examinations by his former employer pursuant to the schedule provided in Subsection A of this Section.

D. All costs associated with cancer screening examinations provided for in this Section shall be paid by the firefighter's or fire service employee's employer or former employer. No copayment, deductible, coinsurance, or any out-of-pocket expense shall be required for such examinations.

E. No firefighter or fire service employee shall be required to participate in cancer screening examinations.

F. The provisions of the Section shall not be applicable to any firefighter or fire service employee who resigned or was terminated by his employer.

G. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require a personal health insurance company to pay for cancer screening examinations for firefighters or fire service employees that are conducted more frequently than such examinations are recommended in the most recently published recommendations established by the American Cancer Society or the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.

Acts 2024, No. 554, §1, eff. June 10, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4781 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4781
Regulation of tourist camps; suppression by injunction
Status: in_force

Police juries may pass ordinances providing for the regulation, supervision, and control of tourist courts or tourist camps and provide penalties of fine, imprisonment, or both, for violating the ordinances. Police juries may suppress tourist courts or tourist camps whenever they have evidence submitted that the tourist camps or tourist courts are being conducted in a disorderly manner or for immoral purposes. The procedure for suppression shall be by injunction brought for the purpose of prohibiting the continued operation of the camps or courts. The injunction proceedings shall be instituted in the district court of the parish in which the camp or court sought to be enjoined is located. The present rules of practice and the rules of law in force relative to the issuance of injunctions shall apply, with the right of appeal to the proper appellate court being granted to either the police jury or to the owner of the camp or court involved.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3687 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3687
Enforcement of assessment
Status: in_force

A. The amount assessed in the ordinance shall be due and exigible immediately upon its passage, and, if not paid within thirty days after the passage of the ordinance, the parish may proceed by suit against the assessed properties and owners thereof to enforce collection together with twenty percent of the amount of judgment recovered as attorney's fees; and all delinquent assessments shall bear interest at the rate fixed by the parish governing authority pursuant to R.S. 33:3686.

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

C. The governing authority of Jefferson Parish, the governing authority of Livingston Parish, or the governing authority of Caddo Parish may, at its option, enact ordinances to add such delinquent assessment charges to the annual ad valorem tax bill of the property involved. In the event such ordinances are enacted, the sheriff effecting collection shall be reimbursed by the governing authority for an amount equal to fifteen percent of the amount of such charges actually collected from the property owner. This collection charge shall be in addition to such delinquent assessment charges and shall also be added to the ad valorem tax bill of the property involved.

Amended by Acts 1954, No. 607, §1; Acts 1970, No. 484, §1; Acts 1987, No. 650, §1, eff. July 9, 1987; Acts 1989, No. 253, §1; Acts 1990, No. 429, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:445 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 445
Town of Berwick; appointment of court magistrate; duties
Status: in_force

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

Added by Acts 1974, No. 251, §1; Acts 1974, No. 458, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.755 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.755
Grants and loans to community development corporations and community development financial institutions
Status: in_force

A. Criteria for grants and loans.

(1) The department shall establish and implement criteria for grants and loans to community development corporations and community development financial institutions.

(2) Grant and loan criteria shall be set forth in rules, promulgated in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, R.S. 49:950 et seq.

(3) Such criteria shall require that an applicant demonstrate a capacity to engage in the community development projects and sufficient organizational structure to ensure proper management.

B. The total amount of grants and loans administered pursuant to this Subpart shall not exceed one million dollars for all recipients in any one fiscal year.

C. A single community development corporation or community development financial institution shall not receive more than ten percent of the total amount of grants and loans funds administered pursuant to this Subpart in any one fiscal year.

D. The department may receive funds from both state appropriations and private contributions.

Acts 2007, No. 374, §1, eff. July 10, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9039.109 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9039.109
Taxation; inducements; fees and charges
Status: in_force

A.(1) With the written approval of any participating parish or municipality, by resolution adopted by its governing authority, the district may exercise the power of taxation available to any other political subdivision of the state, including sales and use taxes and ad valorem taxes, and any other tax specifically authorized in this Chapter or implement a tax reduction or total tax suspension in conjunction with a corresponding new tax which shall not be in excess of such reduction or suspension, provided the levy, reduction, or suspension, or any combination thereof is approved by the majority of qualified electors residing and voting in the district and by a majority of qualified electors residing and voting in each participating municipality and parish in the district, at a congressional primary election or gubernatorial primary election.

(2) The electorate may be asked to levy a tax which is offset by a reduction in or partial or total suspension of an existing tax. In relation thereto, any public entity may agree to reduce or partially or totally suspend taxes it levies in the district through cooperative endeavor and local services agreement with the district. However, if the levy of the tax by the public entity was subject to approval at an election, the public entity may enter into a cooperative endeavor or local services agreement for such reduction or suspension only after the issue is approved by the majority of qualified electors residing and voting in the public entity at an election held as provided in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection or in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code as called by the public entity.

(3) No such call for a tax election shall be authorized until a public hearing shall be held after publication of a notice thereof, which shall include the proposed tax proposition, in the official journal of the district and the official journal of each municipality and parish of the district at least fourteen days and no more than thirty days prior to the hearing.

(4) As part of any tax proposed by the district, overhead and administrative expenses shall be limited to fifteen percent.

B. As part of any transaction involving the district and a private entity and in the event the private entity advances project costs to be reimbursed by the district, the district may negotiate and execute a cooperative endeavor agreement committing a percentage of new tax receipts to be shared to reimburse such advances.

C. The district may fix and revise from time to time and charge and collect rates, rents, fees, and charges for the use of and for the services furnished or to be furnished by a project of the district or any portion thereof, and to contract with any other person, partnership, association, or corporation or other body, public or private entity in respect thereto. In no event shall a district impose any fee or user charge that exceeds the cost of the service furnished or to be furnished.

D. The district may finance projects as provided in Chapter 27 of this Title, and the district shall have the powers of an economic development district set forth in Part II thereof.

E. The district shall not levy, impose, increase, decrease, or remove any tax or fee which will result in the reduction, exclusion, or exemption of any tax or fee levied or imposed by a municipality or parish within the district without the prior approval of the municipality or parish through the adoption of a resolution by its governing authority.

Acts 2006, No. 839, §1, eff. July 5, 2006.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4545.15 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4545.15
Bonds not debts of state or governmental units
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under the provisions of this Chapter shall not be deemed to constitute a pledge of the faith and credit of the state or of any governmental unit thereof. All such bonds shall contain a statement on their face substantially to the effect that neither the faith and credit of the state nor the faith and credit of any governmental unit of the state are pledged to the payment of the principal of or the interest on such bonds. The issuance of bonds under the provisions of this Chapter shall not directly, indirectly or contingently obligate the state or any governmental unit of the state to levy any taxes whatever therefor or to make any appropriation for their payment.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 772, §1, eff. July 20, 1979.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2030 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2030
Meetings of board
Status: in_force

The board shall meet quarterly. A special meeting shall be called on forty-eight hours' notice by the president at the request of any three members.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:198 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 198
Ballots
Status: in_force

The ballots to be used shall be in substantially the following form:

Shall _______________________________ (name the municipalities) be consolidated and become one municipality, to be known as ______________________________________________?

(Name of the proposed new municipality).

For consolidation __________________

( )

Against consolidation _______________

( )

Each of the municipalities involved shall bear the expense of its own election.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:444 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 444
City of Westwego; appointment of court magistrate; duties
Status: in_force

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

Added by Acts 1974, No. 458, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4161.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4161.1
Stormwater management utility districts; parishes and municipalities
Status: in_force

A. The governing authority of any parish or municipality may create, by ordinance, a stormwater management utility district, referred to in this Section as the "district", for the purpose of managing stormwater flooding, including abatement of litter and other flood-causing sediments. The district shall be a political subdivision of the state as defined in the Constitution of Louisiana. The boundaries of the district shall encompass all of the territory of the respective parish or municipality. The governing authority of the respective parish or municipality shall be the governing authority of the district, referred to in this Section as the "board".

B. Any district created pursuant to this Section may create and operate one or more stormwater management utility systems within the boundaries of the respective district. The system shall be a revenue-producing public utility and shall have all of the rights, powers, and privileges granted to the utility pursuant to this Chapter and any other applicable provisions of law.

C.(1) Any district created pursuant to this Section may, by duly adopted resolution of the board, levy fees within the boundaries of the district to aid in the planning, construction, acquisition, extension, improvement, operation, and maintenance of stormwater management utility systems.

(2)(a) The fees authorized in this Section shall be imposed by resolution of the board. However, any resolution imposing fees shall be adopted only after a proposition authorizing the levy of the fees has been approved by a majority of the electors of the district voting at an election held for that purpose in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code. The purpose, term, and amount of the fees shall be as provided in the resolution.

(b) The board may provide in the resolution necessary and appropriate rules and regulations for the imposition, collection, and enforcement of the fees.

Acts 2022, No. 228, §1, eff. May 31, 2022; Acts 2023, No. 319, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4641 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4641
Parishes authorized to establish war memorial civic center
Status: in_force

The governing authority of any parish may create, establish, equip, maintain, operate, and support a war memorial civic center in the parish or in any ward thereof at any site selected by a vote of a majority of the governing authority.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4621 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4621
Authority to acquire property
Status: in_force

Municipalities and parishes may expropriate and otherwise acquire any private property, within or without their limits, for any of the purposes for which they are organized, and for any works that they are authorized to own or operate, or which they are authorized to lease or donate to the United States. This Part shall not be construed to confer authority upon a parish or municipality to expropriate property in any other parish without the consent of the police jury of the parish in which the property is situated.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.50.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.50.5
Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this Subpart, words and phrases used are defined as follows:

(1) "Commission" means the Haughton Metropolitan Planning Commission of Bossier Parish as provided for in R.S. 33:140.50.6.

(2) "Metropolitan planning area" means the town of Haughton and any areas outside of its boundaries which, in the commission's judgment, bear relation to the planning of the municipality; however, such metropolitan planning area shall not extend more than five miles beyond the municipality.

(3) "Municipal" and "municipality" mean the town of Haughton.

(4) "Parish" means Bossier Parish.

(5) "Police jury" means the governing authority of Bossier Parish.

(6) "Street" or "streets" means public thoroughfares, avenues, boulevards, roads, lanes, alleys, and other ways.

(7) "Subdivision" means the division of a lot, a tract, or parcel of land or a portion thereof, into two or more lots, sites, or other divisions, any one or more of which is to be platted as a lot of record for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of sale or building development, and also means resubdivision, or the consolidation of lots or tracts or portions thereof into single lots, and, when appropriate to the context, relates to the process of subdividing, as to the land or area subdivided.

(8) "Town council" means the governing authority of the town of Haughton.

Acts 2019, No. 75, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1420.13 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1420.13
Governing authority
Status: in_force

A. In accordance with the provisions of the Jefferson Parish home rule charter, the governing authority of any district or subdistrict governed by the provisions of this Part shall be the Jefferson Parish Council. When acting as the governing body of any special district or subdistrict, as provided by this Part or by the home rule charter, the parish governing authority shall have the same jurisdiction and powers as when acting as the governing authority of the parish.

B. In addition to the authority granted in any general or specific Act authorizing the creation of any special district in Jefferson Parish, the parish council as governing authority of the district may, at its discretion, govern any such special district in accordance with this Part.

C. Nothing in this Part shall limit the authority and powers granted to the Jefferson Parish Council in the Jefferson Parish home rule charter to levy and collect special assessments, service charges, license charges, fees, taxes, and other revenues.

Acts 1999, No. 880, §1, eff. July 2, 1999; Acts 2001, No. 382, §1, eff. June 13, 2001.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9354 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9354
Taxation; authority; procedure
Status: in_force

Any veterans' memorial district created hereunder is hereby declared to be a political subdivision of the state. For carrying out the purposes of the veterans' memorial district as provided in this Chapter, the district, under the provisions of the Constitution of Louisiana, shall have the power of taxation, with a majority vote of the electorate of the district, and the power to incur debt and issue general obligation and revenue bonds. The district shall also have the authority to call any necessary election for the purpose of incurring debt or issuing bonds or for the purpose of imposing ad valorem taxes for direct use by the district or for payment of bonds. One or more propositions may be submitted at the same election and no general obligation bonds may be issued or tax imposed unless approved by a majority of the electors voting on the proposition.

Acts 1988, No. 384, §1, eff. July 10, 1988.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:7601 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 7601
Short title
Status: in_force

This chapter may be referred to as the "New Community Development Act."

Acts 1972, No. 553, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:441.31 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 441.31
City of Central; mayor's court; appointment of court magistrate; duties; salary
Status: in_force

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

Acts 2008, No. 616, §1, eff. July 1, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:195 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 195
Publication of ordinance
Status: in_force

An ordinance calling a consolidation election shall be published once a week in each of three consecutive weeks in the official journal of the municipality, or if there be none, in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality, the first publication to be at least twenty-one days prior to the date fixed for the election. In the event that there is no official journal or newspaper of general circulation in the municipality, publication shall be made by posting copies of the election ordinance in three public and conspicuous places in the municipality at least twenty-one days prior to the date set for the election.