La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9109.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9109.1
Prepaid 911 charge; intent; definitions; collection and remittance; administration; distribution of funds; liability; exclusivity
Status: in_force

A. Intent. (1) The legislature finds that maintaining effective and efficient 911 systems across the state benefits all citizens.

(2) Charges imposed upon the consumers of services that have the ability to access 911 are an important funding mechanism to assist state and local governments with the deployment of 911 services to the citizens of this state.

(3) Prepaid services that provide access to 911 are an important segment of the industry and have proven particularly attractive to low-volume consumers.

(4) Unlike traditional telecommunication services, prepaid services that provide access to 911 are not sold or used pursuant to term contracts or subscriptions, and monthly bills are not sent to consumers by prepaid service providers or retail vendors.

(5) Prepaid service consumers have access to emergency 911 services from their devices, and prepaid service consumers benefit from the ability to access the 911 system. Therefore, prepaid service consumers should contribute to funding of the 911 emergency communications system.

(6) Consumers purchase prepaid services that provide access to 911 at a wide variety of general retail locations and other distribution channels, not just through service providers. Such purchases are made on a "cash-and-carry" or "pay-as-you-go" basis from retailers.

(7) To ensure equitable contributions to the funding of 911 systems from consumers of prepaid services, the collection and payment obligation of charges to support 911 should be imposed upon the consumer's retail purchase of the prepaid service and should be in the form of a single, statewide charge that is collected once at the time of purchase directly from the consumer, remitted to the state, and distributed to communications districts.

B. Definitions. As used in this Section, the following words and terms have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) "911" means an emergency telephone system that provides the caller with emergency 911 system service, that directs 911 calls to appropriate public safety answering points by selective routing based on the geographical location from which the call originated, and that provides the capability for automatic number identification and other features that the Federal Communications Commission may require in the future.

(2) "Consumer" means a person who purchases a prepaid service that provides access to 911 in a retail transaction.

(3) "Department" means the Department of Revenue.

(4) "Prepaid 911 charge" means the charge that is required to be collected by a seller from a consumer in the amount established under Subsection C of this Section.

(5) "Prepaid service" means a commercial mobile radio service as defined by 47 C.F.R. 20.3 in addition to any other service capable of accessing 911 through the use of voice, text, video, image, data, or any other means, which service shall be paid for in advance and is sold in predetermined units or dollars of which the number declines with use in a known amount.

(6) "Provider" means a person that provides a prepaid service.

(7) "Retail transaction" means each individual purchase of a prepaid service that provides access to 911 from a seller for any purpose other than resale.

(8) "Seller" means a person who sells a prepaid service that provides access to 911 to another person.

(9) Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 590, §2, eff. Oct. 1, 2016.

C. Collection and remittance of prepaid 911 charge. (1) There is hereby imposed a prepaid 911 charge of four percent of the amount of the per retail transaction.

(2) The prepaid 911 charge shall be collected by the seller from the consumer with respect to each retail transaction occurring in this state. The amount of the prepaid 911 charge shall be either separately stated on an invoice, receipt, or other similar document that is provided to the consumer by the seller, or otherwise disclosed to the consumer.

(3) For purposes of Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, a retail transaction that is effected in person by a consumer at a business location of the seller shall be treated as occurring in this state if that business location is in this state, and any other retail transaction shall be treated as occurring in this state if the retail transaction is treated as occurring in this state for purposes of R.S. 47:301(16)(d).

(4) The prepaid 911 charge shall be the liability of the consumer and not of the seller or of any provider, except that the seller shall be liable to remit all prepaid 911 charges that the seller collects from consumers as provided in Subsection D of this Section, including all such charges that the seller is deemed to collect where the amount of the charge has not been separately stated on an invoice, receipt, or other similar document provided to the consumer by the seller.

(5) The amount of the prepaid 911 charge that is collected by a seller from a consumer, whether or not such amount is separately stated on an invoice, receipt, or other similar document provided to the consumer by the seller, shall not be included in the base for measuring any tax, fee, surcharge, or other charge that is imposed by this state, any political subdivision of this state, or any intergovernmental agency.

D. Administration of prepaid 911 charge. (1) Prepaid 911 charges collected by sellers shall be remitted to the department quarterly by the seller and the return for the quarter shall be filed on or before the twentieth day of the first month of the next succeeding quarter. The department shall establish electronic registration procedures to enable sellers to file and pay the prepaid 911 charges electronically in accordance with R.S. 47:1520(A), which authorizes the secretary of the department to mandate electronic filing when the report is required for dedicated fund distribution. Sellers shall be required to file their prepaid 911 charge reports and to remit the prepaid 911 charge collection electronically using the electronic format prescribed by the department.

(2) A seller shall be permitted to deduct and retain half of the 2016 fourth quarter's fees. Thereafter, a seller shall be permitted to deduct and retain two percent of prepaid 911 charges that are collected by the seller from consumers.

(3) The audit and appeal procedures applicable under Chapter 2 of Subtitle I of Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 with respect to the state sales tax shall apply to prepaid 911 charges and prescription shall be governed by Article VII, Section 16 of the Constitution of Louisiana.

(4) The department shall establish procedures by which a seller of prepaid 911 service may document that a sale is not a retail transaction, which procedures shall substantially coincide with the procedures for documenting sale for resale transactions under Chapter 2 of Subtitle I of Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 with respect to the state sales tax.

(5) The department shall pay all remitted prepaid 911 charges over to eligible communications districts in accordance with Subsection E of this Section. The department may retain up to two percent of remitted charges to reimburse its direct costs of administering the collection and remittance of prepaid 911 charges.

E. Distribution of funds to communications districts. (1) Each communications district shall receive a distribution within thirty days of the end of each calendar quarter of a portion of the revenues remitted to the department under Subsection D of this Section.

(2) The amount of the distribution shall be determined by dividing the population of the communications district by the state population, and then multiplying that quotient times the total revenues remitted to the department after deducting the amount authorized in Paragraph (D)(5) of this Section.

F. Liability. (1) No provider or seller of prepaid service shall be liable for damages to any person resulting from or incurred in connection with the provision of, or failure to provide, 911 or E911 service, or for identifying, or failing to identify, the telephone number, address, location, or name associated with any person or device that is accessing or attempting to access 911 or E911 service.

(2) No provider or seller of prepaid service shall be liable for damages to any person resulting from or incurred in connection with the provision of any lawful assistance to any investigation or activity by a law enforcement officer of the United States, this or any other state, or any political subdivision of this or any other state, in connection with any lawful investigation or other law enforcement activity by such law enforcement officer.

G. Exclusivity of charge. The prepaid 911 charge shall be the only 911 funding obligation imposed with respect to prepaid service in this state, and no tax, fee, surcharge, or other charge shall be imposed by this state, any political subdivision of this state, or any intergovernmental agency, for 911 funding purposes, upon any provider, seller, or consumer with respect to the sale, purchase, use, or provision of prepaid 911 service.

Acts 2009, No. 531, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2010; Acts 2016, No. 590, §§1, 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2016.

NOTE: See Acts 2009, No. 531, §3, relative to retention of funds for implementation.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1246.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1246.4
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 1975, No. 369, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4720.122 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4720.122
Construction of Chapter
Status: in_force

This Chapter, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its residents, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof.

Acts 2007, No. 380, §1, eff. July 10, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:447.17 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 447.17
Mayor's court; town of Albany; court costs
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding R.S. 33:441(A) or any other provision of law to the contrary, the mayor of the town of Albany may impose court costs not to exceed fifty dollars for each offense, as defined by ordinance, on any defendant convicted of a violation of a municipal ordinance.

Acts 2023, No. 11, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4712.28 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4712.28
Naming of the soccer complex at Moore Park
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 soccer complex at Moore Park in honor of Deanna G. Bostick.

Acts 2025, No. 323, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:441.14 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 441.14
Town of Ferriday; appointment of court magistrate; duties; salary
Status: in_force

The board of aldermen of the town of Ferriday 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 1980, No. 359, 2. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 620, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.52 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.52
Creation of districts; uniform regulations throughout district
Status: in_force

For any or all said purposes, the police jury may divide the parish into districts of such number, shape and areas as it may deem best suited to carry out the purposes of this Sub-part, 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 1962, No. 123, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3704 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3704
Payments due upon completion of work
Status: in_force

In carrying out the work provided for in R.S. 33:3701 through 3703, the amount, if any, due to the municipality or parish shall be due and payable immediately after the work is completed and accepted, and the amount, if any, due the railroads, from the municipality or parish, shall also be due and payable immediately after the completion of the work, and either may recover the amounts due in any court of competent jurisdiction.

Acts 2008, No. 596, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3061 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3061
Statement of purpose
Status: in_force

It is recognized that municipalities, parishes, and school boards of the state must insure themselves and their employees and officers from various monetary risks and exposures, and that it is necessary to accord municipalities, parishes, and school boards great latitude in contracting for such insurance and providing for the payment of the costs thereof in order to allow such entities to secure such insurance at the lowest possible cost including joinder of and participation in interlocal risk management agencies.

Acts 1986, No. 973, §1, eff. July 14, 1986.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.737 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.737
Revenue bonds
Status: in_force

A. In addition to the authority contained in this Subpart, the district, or any subdistrict created by the district, may, in order to encourage the location or addition to commercial, research, or industrial or other enterprises authorized by this Subpart within the jurisdiction of the district, issue revenue bonds to acquire, purchase, lease, construct, or improve commercial, research, industrial, or other plant sites and buildings, or other capital improvements authorized in this Subpart, including energy and pollution abatement and control facilities and necessary property and appurtenances thereto, and may sell, lease, sublease, or otherwise dispose of by suitable and appropriate contract to any enterprise locating or existing within the jurisdiction of the district such sites, buildings, or facilities and appurtenances thereto, all or severally. The funds derived from the sale of such bonds may be disbursed in whole or in part upon delivery of the bonds as shall be provided in the contract between the district and the commercial, research, industrial, or other enterprise to be aided, encouraged, or benefitted.

B. Bonds issued under this Section shall be authorized by resolution of the board and shall be limited obligations of the district, or any subdistrict created by the board, the principal of and interest on which shall be payable solely from the income and revenue derived from the sale, lease, or other disposition of the project or facility to be financed by the bonds issued pursuant to this Section, or from the income and revenue derived from the sale, lease, or other disposition of any existing project or facility acquired, constructed, and improved under the provisions of this Subpart. However, in the discretion of the board, the bonds may be additionally secured by mortgage covering all or part of the project from which the revenues so pledged may be derived. Any refunding bonds issued pursuant to this Section shall be payable from any source described above or from the investment of any of the proceeds of the refunding bonds authorized pursuant to this Section, shall not constitute an indebtedness or pledge of the general credit of the district, or any subdistrict created by the board, within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation of indebtedness, and shall contain a recital to that effect. Bonds of the district, or any subdistrict created by the board, shall be issued in such form, shall be in such denominations, shall bear interest, and shall mature in such manner and be executed by one or more members of the board of the body as provided in the resolutions authorizing the issuance thereof. Such bonds may be subject to redemption at the option of and in the manner determined by the board in the resolution authorizing the issuance thereof.

C. No bonds or other evidence of indebtedness may be issued under this Section without the prior approval of the State Bond Commission of the terms and provisions thereof.

D. Bonds issued under this Section shall be issued, sold, and delivered in accordance with the terms and provisions of a resolution to be adopted by the board. The resolution shall be published in the official journal of the district, and for a period of thirty days after said publication, any interested citizen may bring an action to contest the bonds and the security therefor, as provided in Article VI, Section 35(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana. If, after the expiration of thirty days, no suit has been filed, the issuance, sale, and security of the bonds shall be incontestable, and no court shall have authority to entertain any action questioning or contesting such matters.

Acts 2007, No. 87, §1, eff. July 1, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1261.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1261.6
Taxation; authority, procedure
Status: in_force

Any ambulance service district created is hereby declared to be a political subdivision of the state. For carrying out the purposes of the ambulance service district as provided in this Part, the district, under the provisions of the Constitution of Louisiana, shall have the power of taxation and the power to incur debt and issue bonds and to call an election for the purpose of imposing any authorized taxes, or to incur debt, provided that the district shall not impose any tax increasing measures until the qualified electors of the district have approved the additional taxes.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 39, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4521 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4521
Application of Subpart
Status: in_force

This Subpart applies only to any town or city exercising powers of supervision, regulation, and control over any local public utility. Nothing in this Subpart applies to or affects:

(1) Gas transported out of the state;

(2) Gas transported in gas lines for industrial or commercial purposes or for resale;

(3) Liquefied petroleum gas.

Added by Acts 1970, No. 352, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2501.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2501.1
Authorization for awarding attorney fees
Status: in_force

When an appeal is taken by an employee in the classified service pursuant to R.S. 33:2501 to a municipal fire and police civil service board and the board determines, in reversing the decision of the appointing authority, that the corrective or disciplinary action taken by the appointing authority was without just cause as provided in R.S. 33:2501, the board may award to the appealing employee attorney fees to be assessed against the appointing authority not to exceed five thousand dollars in any one appeal.

Acts 1991, No. 1005, §1, eff. July 24, 1991; Acts 1993, No. 590, §1; Acts 1995, No. 878, §1, eff. June 28, 1995; Acts 2022, No. 306, §1, eff. June 10, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.535 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.535
Taxes; borrowing money
Status: in_force

A. The board of commissioners may, when necessary, levy annually an ad valorem tax, provided that the amount, term, and purpose of said tax, as set out in a proposition submitted to a vote in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code, shall be approved by a majority of the qualified electors voting in a special election held for that purpose.

B.(1) The board of commissioners may, subject to approval of a majority of the electors voting at an election held for the purpose, levy and collect a sales and use tax within the boundaries of the district for such purposes and at such rate as provided by the proposition authorizing its levy, not exceeding one percent, which tax may exceed the limitation set forth in Article VI, Section 29(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana.

(2) The tax shall be levied upon the sale at retail, the use, the lease or rental, the consumption, the distribution and storage for use or consumption of tangible personal property, and upon the sales of services within the district, all as presently 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 supplement those Sections and to make them applicable to the tax herein authorized shall be fixed in the resolution imposing the tax.

(4) The tax shall be imposed and collected uniformly throughout the district.

C.(1) In addition to the sales and use tax authorized in Subsection B of this Section, the board of commissioners is authorized, subject to approval of a majority of the electors voting at an election held for that purpose, to levy and collect a sales and use tax within the boundaries of the district for such purposes and at such rate as provided by the proposition authorizing its levy, not exceeding one percent, which tax may exceed the limitation set forth in Article VI, Section 29(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana.

(2) The tax shall be levied upon the sale at retail, the use, the lease or rental, the consumption, the distribution and storage for use or consumption of tangible personal property, and upon the sales of services within the district, all as presently 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 supplement those Sections and to make them applicable to the tax herein authorized shall be fixed in the resolution imposing the tax.

(4) The tax shall be imposed and collected uniformly throughout the district.

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

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

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

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

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

(d) Loan guarantees may be evaluated for the economic impact in terms of the number and types of jobs created or saved.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

E. Any tax levied under this Section shall be in addition to all other taxes which the city, parish, or any other political subdivision within the parish of Iberia are now or hereafter authorized to levy and collect.

Acts 1995, No. 359, §2; Acts 2006, No. 509, §1, eff. June 22, 2006.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4065.13 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4065.13
Powers of the district
Status: in_force

A. The district may:

(1) Acquire ownership of property, both movable and immovable, corporeal and incorporeal, by gift, grant, purchase, condemnation proceedings, or any other means, or lease such property as lessee; and hold and use any such property as it is necessary or desirable for carrying out the objects and purposes of the district.

(2) Sell, lease as lessor, exchange, transfer, and dispose of any property or interest therein at any time acquired by it whenever the district shall determine that such property is not necessary for its purpose.

(3) Subject to approval of the governing authority of the city of Broussard, use any public street, road, servitude, or right of way of the city of Broussard in the conduct of its business at no cost to the district.

(4) Adopt such rules, regulations, terms, and conditions for the receipt of sewage for treatment in any facility owned or operated by it, or for any other activities which it conducts.

(5) Enter into contracts with any public or private bodies for the receipt, treatment, discharge, or recycling of any sewage, or for the enhancement, development or protection of any property so long as said contracts are consistent with the purposes for which the district has been created, and so long as said contracts are carried out in accordance with applicable state or federal rules, regulations or guidelines.

(6) Award contracts for the construction or operation of any facilities necessary or desirable for the conduct of activities consistent with the purposes for which it has been created, and may also establish rules for awarding contracts in the event of emergency and extreme emergency.

(7) Conduct or perform any project reasonably intended to provide for the enhancement, development, or protection of any environmentally sensitive areas, and carry out or supervise all construction necessary or incidental thereto.

B. It is not the intention that the district shall provide sewage collection, disposal, or treatment services directly to consumers, but rather that the district shall contract with such public bodies or private entities as it deems appropriate to provide for the receipt, treatment, and disposal of sewage from said public bodies or private entities.

Acts 2001, No. 1138, §1, eff. June 28, 2001.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.619 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.619
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 shall have the power and right to 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 Women's Business Enterprise Act".

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

Acts 2003, No. 1167, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4165 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4165
Contracts between municipalities for electric interurban railways; proration of ownership
Status: in_force

Municipalities may cooperate, combine, and make contracts with each other and with municipalities in other states in the ownership, construction, acquiring, leasing, operation, and maintenance of electric interurban railways between points in this state, or between points in this state and other states, and electric power or hydroelectric power plants necessary in connection therewith.

The ownership of the interurban electric railway system shall be prorated, allotted, or distributed among the different municipalities that take advantage of the authority granted in this section in proportion to the amount invested by each municipality. The profit from the operation of electric interurban railways, or the loss sustained thereby, shall be divided in proportion to the amount invested by each municipality.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.16 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.16
Effect of plat approval on status of dedications
Status: in_force

The approval of a plat by the planning commission shall not be deemed to constitute or affect any acceptance by the municipality or public body of the dedication of any street or other ground shown upon the plat.

Acts 1962, No. 52, §16; Acts 2020, No. 294, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4720.53 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4720.53
Workable program
Status: in_force

The city of New Orleans, Louisiana, for the purposes of this Chapter may formulate a workable program for the community improvement for utilizing appropriate private and public resources to eliminate and prevent the development or spread of slums and urban blight, to encourage needed rehabilitation, and to provide for the redevelopment of slum or blighted areas or facilities which are functionally obsolescent or to undertake other feasible municipal activities as may be suitably employed to achieve the objectives of such workable program.

Acts 2004, No. 349, §1; Acts 2005, No. 437, §1, eff. July 11, 2005.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9614 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9614
Confidentiality of certain records
Status: in_force

A. A local ethics entity, including an ethics review board, shall maintain the confidentiality of records gathered and proceedings conducted during its preliminary investigation of any matters within its jurisdiction. The local ethics entity or ethics review board shall maintain the confidentiality of records submitted to any law enforcement or regulatory agency for further investigation or for criminal or civil prosecution until such investigation or prosecution has been completed or becomes inactive. If the local ethics entity decides to issue a report or to file charges after a preliminary investigation, all subsequent records and proceedings in connection with the matter are subject to public review and scrutiny, except as otherwise provided by law.

B. Any material, records, data, and information compiled by an office of inspector general in an investigation, examination, audit, inspection, or performance review under this Chapter is confidential and privileged and not subject to R.S. 44:1 et seq., until the investigation, examination, audit, inspection, or performance review is complete. The investigation, examination, audit, inspection, or performance review is not deemed complete if the office of inspector general has submitted material, records, data, and information from or the results of such investigation, examination, audit, inspection, or performance review to any other law enforcement or regulatory agency for further investigation or for the filing of criminal or civil prosecution, and if such investigation or prosecution has not been completed or become inactive.

C. Except for the completed reports, findings, advisories, letters, and recommendations of investigations, audits, inspections, performance reviews, qualitative assurance reviews, peer reviews, annual operating budgets, and annual office reports, the records prepared or obtained by the ethics entity, ethics review board, or office of inspector general shall be deemed confidential and privileged and protected from disclosure pursuant to R.S. 44:3. In order to maintain the confidentiality of such materials, the ethics entity, ethics review board, or office of inspector general may meet and make decisions in executive session. No privilege established by law shall be deemed waived on any record obtained by the ethics entity, ethics review board, or office of inspector general in connection with the performance of duties established by this Chapter. Any record or information obtained by the ethics entity, ethics review board, or office of inspector general which is confidential or privileged pursuant to any other provision of law shall remain confidential or privileged, and it shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, for the ethics entity, ethics review board, or office of inspector general or any designated staff member or any other public official, corporation, or individual to make public any such information or record.

D. The provisions of this Section shall not prevent access during the course of an inspector general investigation to public records that are not otherwise privileged or confidential. The custodian of any public record shall provide such record to any person having the right to examine public records. If the only copy of such public record is in the hands of the inspector general, the custodian of that record shall so certify, and the requestor may examine and copy the record at the office of the inspector general.

E. Notwithstanding Subsections B and C of this Section, the legislative auditor shall have the authority to examine, audit, inspect or copy all records compiled, prepared or obtained by the ethics entity, ethics review board or office of inspector general, including but not limited to all books, accounts, papers, documents, records, files, instruments, films, tapes, and any other forms of recordation, including but not limited to computers and recording devices, whether confidential, privileged or otherwise. However, the legislative auditor shall comply with all restrictions imposed by law on documents, data, or information deemed confidential and privileged by law and furnished to the legislative auditor.

Acts 2008, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 18, §1, eff. April 26, 2008; Acts 2010, No. 861, §15; Acts 2012, No. 838, §1, eff. June 14, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2563 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2563
Duties of 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 also shall report the date of and official action in, or knowledge of, any separation, promotion, demotion, suspension, lay-off, reinstatement, or re-employment in the classified service.

B. An officer or employee of the municipality, parish, or fire protection district 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 1964, No. 282, §1; Acts 2016, No. 669, §1, eff. June 17, 2016.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4342 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4342
Election to determine whether to dispose of utility property; certified check as guaranty of good faith
Status: in_force

A. Except as otherwise provided in R.S. 33:4341, when a written and signed proposition has been made to the governing authority of any municipality or parish for the purchase, lease, or other acquisition of any of the properties owned by it, and franchise for operation of same, and which written proposition shall contain a complete and detailed statement of all terms and provisions of the franchise, the governing authority may submit to the qualified electors, at a special election called for that purpose, the question of whether or not the offer made shall be accepted. Upon presentation of a petition signed by electors, qualified to vote in a number equal to twenty percent of those who participated in the last preceding election held in the parish or municipality, requesting the governing authority to accept any proposition made to it for the purchase or lease of any of the revenue-producing municipal properties and franchise for its operation, the governing authority within fifteen days after the delivery of the petition to them or to their clerk, shall call a special election within fifty days of the date of filing the petition, at which they shall submit to the qualified electors the question of whether or not the offer made shall be accepted.

B. Every proposition to purchase, as herein provided, shall be accompanied by a certified check for ten thousand dollars, as a guaranty of good faith, which check shall be forfeited to the municipality or parish, in event the proponent, if its proposition be accepted, does not comply with and consummate the offer.

Amended by Acts 1972, No. 111, §2; Acts 2025, No. 452, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4159 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4159
Definitions.
Status: in_force

A. The terms "majority of the members" and "majority of its members" in R.S. 33:4096(B) and (D), R.S. 33:4097, R.S. 33:4100, R.S. 33:4121(B), R.S. 33:4125, R.S. 33:4128, R.S. 33:4138, R.S. 33:4141, R.S. 33:4148 and R.S. 33:4151 and "two-thirds of the members" in R.S. 33:4096(B) and R.S. 33:4121(B), when used in connection with a vote by the respective members of the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans, the Board of Liquidation, City Debt, or the council of the city of New Orleans, shall mean a majority or two-thirds of the members of the respective bodies holding office at the time such a vote is taken, as the case may be.

B. The singular comprehends the plural with regard to words and phrases used in the above cited statutes unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

Acts 1985, No. 731, §1, eff. July 16, 1985.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:383.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 383.3
Municipal governing authorities; limitation of terms of elected officials; referendum
Status: in_force

The governing authority of a municipality having a population between two thousand five hundred and five thousand within a parish having a population between two hundred thousand and two hundred fifty thousand, based on the latest federal decennial census, may enact an ordinance limiting the number of terms of office which any elected official of the municipality may serve to two consecutive terms in the same office. Any ordinance herein authorized shall become effective only after the question of such term limitation has been submitted to and approved by a majority of the qualified electors of the municipality who vote on the proposition at a regularly scheduled primary or general election held in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code.

Acts 2014, No. 768, §1, eff. June 19, 2014.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9039.30 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9039.30
Enforcement of liens
Status: in_force

Any lien in favor of the district arising under this Chapter may be enforced by the district in a court of competent jurisdiction as provided by law. Such proceedings may be brought at any time after the expiration of one year from the date any tax, or installment thereof, becomes delinquent.

Acts 2001, No. 992, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4702 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4702
Board of commissioners; appointment and term; organization
Status: in_force

A. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 900, §2.

B.(1) In order to provide for the orderly planning, development, acquisition, construction, and effectuation of the services, projects, improvements, and facilities to be provided or furnished by the district, and to provide for the representation in the affairs of the district of those persons and interests immediately concerned with and affected by the functions, operation, purposes, and developments of the district, the New Orleans Regional Business Park shall be managed by a board of commissioners comprised of qualified voters and residents of the city of New Orleans.

(2) The board shall be composed of twelve members who shall be appointed as follows:

(a) The United States Representative who represents Louisiana's second congressional district shall appoint one member.

(b) The state senator from Senate District 4 shall appoint one member.

(c) The state senator from Senate District 3 shall appoint one member.

(d) The state senator from Senate District 1 shall appoint one member.

(e) The councilperson representing council district E, in which the New Orleans Regional Business Park is located, shall appoint one member.

(f) The mayor of the city of New Orleans shall appoint five members as follows: one member shall be appointed from a list of three names submitted by the Vietnamese Initiatives in Economic Training, one member shall be appointed from a list of three names submitted by the East New Orleans Neighborhood Advisory Commission, one member shall be appointed from a list of three names submitted by the New Orleans Regional Black Chamber of Commerce, one member shall be appointed from a list of three names submitted by the board of commissioners for the Port of New Orleans, and one member shall be appointed from a list of three names submitted by The Greater New Orleans American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations.

(g) The state representative from House District 99 shall appoint one member.

(h) The state representative from House District 100 shall appoint one member.

(i) Repealed by Acts 2024, No. 622, §2.

(j), (k) Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 860, §2, eff. Aug. 15, 2014.

(3)(a) Each board member shall serve a term of two years.

(b) Any vacancy in the membership of the board occurring by reason of the expiration of the term of office, or by reason of death, resignation, disqualification, or otherwise, shall be filled by the respective nominating entity within sixty days after receipt by such nominating entity of written notification of the vacancy. In the event that the respective nominating entity fails to fill the vacancy within sixty days after receipt of written notification of the vacancy, the board shall appoint an interim successor to serve on the board until the position is filled by the respective nominating entity responsible for the appointment of such member. If the board fails to fill a vacancy in its membership within the next sixty day period, the mayor shall appoint such member. Any board member appointed by the board or mayor pursuant to this Subparagraph may be replaced at any time by the nominee of the appointing authority.

(c) Any member who has unexcused absences of four consecutive meetings, regular and special, of the board in any calendar year shall be disqualified and removed automatically from office and that person's position shall be vacant, as of the first day of the succeeding calendar year. Such vacated position shall be filled by the respective nominating entity for the balance of the vacated term within fifteen days. The former member shall not be eligible to be nominated to the board or to serve on the board again.

(4)(a) Five members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The board shall keep minutes of all regular and special meetings and shall make them available to the public in conformance with law.

(b) The board shall adopt such rules and regulations as it deems necessary or advisable for conducting its business and affairs, so long as such rules and regulations do not violate the Code of Governmental Ethics provided for in Chapter 15 of Title 42 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, and shall engage such assistants and employees as are needed to assist the board in the performance of its duties. It shall hold regular meetings as shall be provided by its bylaws and may hold special meetings at such time and place within or without the district as may be prescribed in its rules or regulations.

(5) The appointees to the board shall be individuals with at least five years experience in one or more of the following areas:

(a) Economic development.

(b) Public finance.

(c) Senior level management.

(d) Urban planning.

(e) Labor relations.

(f) Banking or finance.

(g) Public relations.

(h) Education.

(i) Real estate law.

(j) Construction.

(k) Risk management.

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

(b) Any member of the board appointed pursuant to Subparagraphs (2)(a) through (k) of this Subsection may be removed by his respective appointing authority at any time, with cause.

(c) No board member appointed pursuant to Subparagraph (2)(a), (b), (c), (f), or (g), of this Subsection shall sit on the board beyond the end of the term of office of the appointing authority that appointed that board member without being reappointed to the board in the manner for which appointments to the board are provided for in Paragraph (2) or (3) of this Subsection.

(7)(a) Nothing in this Part or any other provision of law shall be construed to prohibit a member of the board from owning, operating, participating with, or otherwise engaging in any transaction with a business entity located within the district.

(b) Nothing herein shall be construed to supercede the Code of Governmental Ethics provided for in Chapter 15 of Title 42 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

C.(1) The board of commissioners shall elect from its members a chairman, a vice chairman, a secretary-treasurer and such other officers as it may deem necessary at its first meeting; the chairman shall serve at the pleasure of the board. The board of commissioners may also select one person as executive director; three people as directors to be in charge of marketing, operations, and finance respectively, who shall not be members of the board, but who shall be qualified voters and residents of the city of New Orleans.

(2) The secretary-treasurer shall furnish such bonds as may be required by the board of commissioners. The premium on the bond shall be paid out of the operating funds of the district. The executive director shall be the chief executive officer of the district, shall manage its affairs and operation, subject to the rules and regulations and bylaws adopted by the council and the board. The executive director and three directors shall receive such salary and office expense allowance, if any, as shall be fixed and determined by the board of commissioners.

D. The executive director, with the concurrence of the board of the district, may hire such staff and other necessary personnel as may be necessary to carry out the directions and instructions of the board and may perform such other acts as may be directed by the board.

E. The board, in addition to all other taxes which it is now or hereafter may be authorized by law to levy and collect, is hereby authorized to levy and collect, for a term not to exceed fifty years from and after the date the first tax is levied pursuant to the provisions of this Section, in the same manner and at the same time as all other ad valorem taxes on property subject to taxation by the city are levied and collected, a special ad valorem tax upon all taxable real property situated within the boundaries of the district except property occupied in whole or in part as a residence by an owner thereof. The number of mills hereby authorized shall not exceed twenty mills on the dollar of assessed valuation on all taxable property within the district. The tax, when levied, shall be from year to year, or for such period of years not to exceed fifty years as may be designated in the resolution by which the election is called on the question of the imposition of said tax. No such tax shall be levied until a plan requiring or requesting the levy of a tax is finally and conclusively adopted in accordance with the procedures prescribed in this Section. The proceeds of the tax shall be used solely and exclusively for the purposes and benefit of the district.

F.(1) The board, by resolution adopted by a vote of a majority of the members of the board of the district, shall have power and is hereby authorized to incur indebtedness for and on behalf and for the sole and exclusive benefit of the district, and to issue at one time, or from time to time, negotiable bonds, notes and other evidence of indebtedness, herein referred to collectively as bonds, of the district, the principal of, premium if any, and interest on which shall be payable solely from the proceeds of the special tax authorized, levied, and collected pursuant to the provisions of this Section for the purpose of paying the cost of acquiring and constructing capital improvements, projects, and facilities within the district. Such bonds shall not constitute general obligations of the city of New Orleans, nor shall any property situated within the city other than property situated within the boundaries of the district be subject to taxation for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such bonds. Furthermore, any indebtedness incurred by the city of New Orleans for and on behalf and for the benefit of the district pursuant to the provisions of this Section, whether evidenced by bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, or otherwise, shall be excluded in determining the power of the city of New Orleans to incur indebtedness and to issue its general obligation bonds. All such bonds shall be sold by the board, and shall bear such rate or rates of interest, and shall, except as herein otherwise specifically provided, be in such form, terms, and denominations, be redeemable at such time or times at such price or prices, and payable at such times and places, within a period of not exceeding fifty years from the date thereof, as the board, shall determine.

(2) The bonds shall be signed by the chairperson of the board of commissioners, and countersigned by the secretary of the board, and the coupons attached to the bonds shall bear the facsimile signatures of the chairperson and the secretary. In case any such officer whose signature or countersignature appears upon such a bond or coupon shall cease to be such officer before delivery of the bonds or coupons to the purchaser, such signature or countersignature shall nevertheless be valid for all purposes. The cost and expense of preparing and selling the bonds authorized herein shall be paid out of the proceeds realized from the sale of such bonds.

(3) The resolution of the board, authorizing the issuance and sale of such bonds and fixing the form and details thereof, may contain such other provisions, not inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this Section, as it may deem to be necessary or advisable to enhance the marketability and acceptability thereof by purchasers and investors, including, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, covenants with bond holders setting forth (a) conditions and limitations on the issuance of additional bonds constituting a lien and charge on the special tax levied on real property within the district pari passu with bonds theretofore issued and outstanding and (b) the creation of reserves for the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds. These bonds and the interest thereon are exempt from all taxation levied for state, parish or municipal or other local purposes; and savings banks, tutors of minors, curators of interdicts, trustees and other fiduciaries are authorized to invest the funds in their hands in the bonds.

G. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section to the contrary, no tax authorized herein shall be levied and no bonds shall be issued unless and until the amount of the tax authorized to be levied and the amount of the bonds authorized to be issued has been approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon in the city of New Orleans in an election called for that purpose. No bonds issued pursuant to this Section shall be general obligations of the state of Louisiana, the parish of Orleans or the city of New Orleans.

H-J. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 673, §2, effective June 29, 2010.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 741, §1, eff. July 20, 1979. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 666, §1; Acts 1985, No. 251, §1; Acts 1988, No. 742, §1; Acts 1989, No. 37, §1; Acts 1992, No. 743, §1; Acts 1995, No. 900, §§1, 2; Acts 2004, No. 917, §§1, 2, eff. July 12, 2004; Acts 2010, No. 673, §§1, 2, eff. June 29, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 681, §1; Acts 2013, No. 269, §1, eff. June 13, 2013; Acts 2014, No. 860, §§1, 2, eff. Aug. 15, 2014; Acts 2024, No. 622, §§1, 2.

NOTE: See Acts 2014, No. 860, §3, relative to terms of board members.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4548.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4548.7
Statutory pledge
Status: in_force

Any pledge made by the authority shall be valid and binding from time to time when the pledge is made without the need for physical delivery of any pledged property. The money, assets, or revenues of the authority so pledged and thereafter received by the authority shall be immediately subject to the lien of such pledge and shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the authority, irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof. Neither the resolution nor any other instrument by which a pledge is created need be recorded or filed in order to establish and perfect a lien or security interest in the property so pledged by the authority.

Acts 1991, No. 813, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3970 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3970
Monthly sewerage charges; collection; cost of collection; application for service
Status: in_force

The governing authority of said district or sub-district shall have the power, if it so desires and has given notice thereof in the notice of intention provided for in R.S. 33:3961, to levy a monthly sewerage charge proportioned upon the number of water outlets maintained by the user of each sewer connection. The charges to be so made shall be in such amounts as the governing body shall determine in each year and shall be sufficient to provide for the proportionate cost of constructing, operating and maintaining the utility as set forth in the notice of intention provided by R.S. 33:3961. No such charge shall be made against the owner of any property which is not a user of the utility. A list of the names of all owners against whom charges so made and amounts of charges made against each such user shall be certified by the governing authority to the official in charge of the assessment of taxes against such property at such time and in such manner in each year as to permit the amount of such charge to be carried upon the assessment roll of the real property within the municipal corporation. Each such charge shall be carried on said roll as a special item due by the owner of the property individually and shall be identified on the roll as special sewerage charge of ________ (inserting the name of the municipal corporation in which the district or sub-district is located). Such charge shall be paid to the official who collects the general taxes assessed against the municipal property located within the municipal corporation and shall be collected at the same time and in such manner as the general taxes are paid and collected. Where a non-user of the utility during the year shall change to a user thereof, the municipal corporation in which said sewerage district or sub-districts are located may require said user seeking sewerage service to apply therefor by proper application, wherefore the charges to be so imposed upon such user shall be assessed in the manner hereinabove provided. The municipal corporation may pay the tax-collecting official the same commission on the amounts collected by him as the sheriff and ex-officio tax collector for the parish in which the district is located receives for the collection of ad valorem taxes and may pay the assessing official a sum sufficient to reimburse him for the additional expense occasioned by reason of listing the charges on the assessment roll. The amounts to be paid to the assessor and collector shall be considered one of the costs of purchasing, constructing or operating and maintaining the utility.

Acts 1950, Ex.Sess., No. 6, §9.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9039.111 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9039.111
Financing
Status: in_force

A.(1) The district may issue bonds, notes, certificates, or other evidences of indebtedness to fund economic development through acquisition of land, acquisition and construction of buildings and other structures or facilities, including furnishings and equipment therefor, and may use any other state law relative to the incurring of debt and the security therefor by a political subdivision. Should any provision of this Section be found to be inconsistent with any other law, the provisions of this Section shall control.

(2) The district's bonds may be issued for or on behalf of a nonprofit corporation, a 501(c)(3) corporation, or a for-profit private entity to be secured by any source of income or revenue deemed appropriate by the district for a project located in or program to be performed in the district and related to the goals or objectives of the district.

(3) The district may borrow funds for operating expenses.

(4) The district may borrow funds from any political subdivision, public trust, or public agency.

(5) The district may also incur debt by virtue of the execution of a cooperative endeavor agreement and any public entity which may be a party thereto shall also have such authority.

(6) Security for the district's bonds or cooperative endeavor obligations may include taxes referenced in this Chapter, revenues from projects, fees, assessments, and charges of any nature, lease, or financing agreement income, general fund balances, excess fund balances, and projected income.

(7) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, all bonds of the district, including sales tax secured bonds, may be sold by private negotiated sale or sold in public competitive sale. The approval of the State Bond Commission shall be obtained for the incurring of debt. The district shall employ bond counsel, financial advisors, underwriters, and other professionals in its sole discretion and set their compensation in accordance with law.

(8) Obligations of the district shall be authorized, issued, and sold by a resolution or resolutions of the district adopted as provided in this Chapter. Such bonds or obligations may be of such series, bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, bear interest at such rate or rates, including variable, adjustable, or zero interest rates, be payable at such time or times, be in such denominations, be sold at such price or prices, be sold at private negotiated sale, be in such form, carry such registration and exchangeability privileges, be payable at such place or places, be subject to such terms or redemption, and be entitled to such priorities on the income, revenue, and receipts of, or available to, the district as may be provided by the district in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance and sale of the bonds or obligations of the district.

(9) The obligations of the district shall be signed by such members or officers of the district by either manual or facsimile signatures, as shall be determined by resolution or resolutions of the district, and shall have impressed or imprinted thereon the seal of the district or a facsimile thereof.

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

(11) Obligations of the district may be sold in such manner and from time to time as may be determined by the district to be most beneficial, subject to approval of the State Bond Commission, and the district may pay all expenses, premiums, fees, or commission, which it deems necessary and advantageous in connection with the issuance and sale thereof, subject to the provisions of this Chapter.

(12) The district may authorize the establishment of a fund or funds for the creation of a debt service reserve, a renewal and replacement reserve, or such other funds or reserves as the district may approve with respect to the financing and operation of any project and as may be authorized by any bond resolution, trust agreement, indenture of trust, or similar instrument or agreement pursuant to the provisions of which the issuance of bonds or other obligations of the district may be authorized.

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

(14) The resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds shall be published in the official journal of the district. For a period of thirty days from the date of publication of the resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds hereunder, any persons 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 all of the provisions of the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds shall be conclusively presumed, and no court shall have authority to inquire into such matters.

(15) Neither the directors of the board nor any person executing the bonds shall be personally liable for the bonds or be subject to any personal liability by reason of the issuance thereof. No earning or asset of the district shall accrue to the benefit of any private persons. However, the limitation of liability provided for in this Paragraph shall not apply to any gross negligence or criminal negligence on the part of any director or person executing the bonds.

(16) Bonds issued under the provisions of this Chapter shall be limited obligations of the district payable solely from the sources pledged for the payment thereof.

(17) The district may utilize any form of credit enhancement otherwise allowed by general law for any obligation, including but not limited to bond insurance, letters of credit, and surety bonds. The district may invest bond proceeds in guaranteed investments contracts and repurchase agreements. Derivative products such as interest rate swaps, total return swaps, and other instruments may also be used.

B.(1) A public or private entity may borrow funds from the district for a project located in or program to be performed in the district and related to the goals and objectives of the district. Such obligation to the district may be evidenced by a lease, loan, or financing agreement. The district shall not be subject to any restrictions on its power to issue debt not contained in this Chapter. Approval of the issuance of bonds of the district by the State Bond Commission shall be deemed to be approval of the incurring of debt by any public entity participating with the district in a borrowing.

(2) A public or private entity may create a restricted account or accounts for the segregation of any funds which are to be received prospectively by the entity from the federal government, the state or any of its agencies, or from any other source in connection with the issuance of obligations by the district. A public entity is authorized to pledge such restricted accounts which pledge shall be irrevocable during the term of such bond or obligation, shall be according to such terms, and shall have such priority on the revenues of such restricted account as shall be provided by resolution or ordinance of the public entity, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. The state, through the office of the state treasurer, is hereby directed to accept the irrevocable election of a public entity to deposit any funds held by the state and due to such public entity described above, and thereafter the state treasurer shall be required to make any payments of such funds directly to the restricted account pursuant to instructions from the public entity.

(3) Any pledge made by the district shall be valid and binding from time to time when the pledge is made without the need for physical delivery of any pledged property. The money, assets, or revenues of the district so pledged and thereafter received by the district shall be immediately subject to the lien of such pledge and shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the district, irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof. Neither the resolution nor any other instrument by which a pledge is created need be recorded or filed in order to establish and perfect a lien or security interest in the property so pledged by the district.

(4) Subject to the rights of the owners of the obligations of the district, the district is hereby authorized and empowered to issue from time to time its bonds for the purpose of refunding any bonds of the district then outstanding, together with the payment of any redemption of such outstanding bonds. All such refunding bonds of the district shall be issued, sold, or exchanged and delivered, shall be secured, and shall be subject to the provisions of this Chapter in the same manner and to the same extent as any other bonds issued by the district pursuant to this Chapter, unless otherwise determined by the resolution of the district. Refunding bonds issued by the district as herein provided may be sold or exchanged for outstanding bonds of the district and, if sold, the proceeds thereof may be applied, in addition to any other authorized purposes, to the purchase, redemption, or repayment of such outstanding bonds.

(5) Other than the State Bond Commission, no notice to, or consent or approval by, any governmental body or public officer shall be required as a prerequisite to the issuance, sale, or delivery of any bonds of the district, or the making of any loans to any public or private entity, or to the exercise of any other public function or corporate power of the district, except as is expressly provided in this Chapter.

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

(7) The state and all public officers, any parish, municipality, or other subdivision or instrumentality of the state, any political subdivision, any bank, banker, trust company, savings bank and institution, building and loan association, savings and loan association, investment company or any person carrying on a banking or investment business, any insurance company or business, and any executor, administrator, curator, trustee, and other fiduciary, and retirement system or pension fund may legally invest any sinking fund monies, or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds or other obligations issued by the district pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter, and such bonds or other obligations shall be authorized security for all public deposits. It is the purpose of this Section to authorize such persons, firms, corporations, associations, political subdivisions and officers, or other entities, public or private, to use any funds owned or controlled by them, including but not limited to sinking, insurance, investment, retirement, compensation, pension and trust funds, and funds held on deposit, for the purchase of any such bonds or other obligations of the district, and that any such bonds shall be authorized security for all public deposits. However, nothing contained in this Section with regard to legal investments or security for public deposits shall be construed as relieving any such person, firm, corporation, or other entity from any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities.

(8) All state officers and agencies are authorized at their discretion to render such services to the district within their respective functions as may be requested by the district. In addition, the district and such agencies are authorized to enter into such contracts, cooperative endeavor agreements, or other agreements necessary and convenient to carry out the purposes of this Chapter.

Acts 2006, No. 839, §1, eff. July 5, 2006.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:441.24 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 441.24
Town of Youngsville; appointment of court magistrate; duties
Status: in_force

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

Added by Acts 1981, No. 684, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1967.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1967.1
Manning of fire fighting apparatus in the city of Bogalusa
Status: in_force

A. As used in this Section, the term "fire fighting apparatus" shall mean any type of automotive equipment specially designed for fire fighting purposes and shall not include standard passenger motor vehicles.

B. Each unit of fire fighting apparatus operated by the city of Bogalusa shall at all times be manned by a fire fighter holding the rank of captain and a fire fighter holding the rank of engineer or driver, and all pumper units shall, in addition thereto, be manned by at least one fire fighter holding the rank of hoseman. Such a minimum crew shall be provided on each shift for each unit of fire fighting apparatus in service in the department. Each such unit shall be under the control of the captain assigned to that unit and shall be operated by the engineer or driver so assigned.

Acts 1985, No. 418, §1, eff. July 10, 1985.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4717.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4717.1
Use of excess property for industrial inducement purposes
Status: in_force

Wherever, in the opinion of the governing authority of any parish, any real property owned by such parish, including land, streets, sidewalks, buildings, or any other property, dedicated to public use, shall no longer be needed or necessary for the public use to which it was originally destined or dedicated, the governing authority of such parish shall have the power and authority, upon a two-thirds vote of the members thereof, to revoke the destination or dedication of such property, and may thereafter utilize such property for industrial inducement purposes. Whenever the governing authority of such parish shall have created an industrial development board as authorized by R.S. 51:1151, et seq., the police jury may contract with such development board for the administration, improvement, and development of said industrial area, and, upon the adoption of an ordinance by such two-thirds vote, the governing authority, through its duly authorized officer, shall have the power to convey title to such property to said industrial development board for such consideration as it shall deem advisable, and for such purposes the said industrial development board is hereby declared to be a special district within the intent and meaning of R.S. 33:1321 et seq., and the ownership, operation and administration of said industrial area by said police jury and industrial development board are hereby declared to be public and governmental functions, exercised for a public purpose and as a matter of public necessity.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 338, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4548.13 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4548.13
Cooperation of state agencies
Status: in_force

All state officers and agencies are authorized to render such services to the authority within their respective functions as may be requested by the authority. In addition, the authority is authorized to enter into such contracts, cooperative endeavor agreements, or other agreements with the Department of Environmental Quality with respect to the Clean Water State Revolving Fund or any other state agency regarding other revolving loan funds as the parties may desire in order to implement the provisions of this Chapter and Chapter 14 of Subtitle II of Title 30 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

Acts 1991, No. 813, §1, Acts 1997, No. 1151, §1, eff. July 14, 1997; Acts 2010, No. 296, §2, eff. June 17, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4566 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4566
Recreation districts, taxation, bonds
Status: in_force

The recreation districts created under the provisions of R.S. 33:4562 are declared to be political subdivisions of the state, and for the purpose of purchasing and acquiring lands, buildings, equipment, and other facilities, and for the construction and maintenance thereof are authorized to vote and levy special maintenance taxes and issue bonds when authorized to do so by a vote of the qualified electors of the district and as authorized by the Constitution and laws of the state of Louisiana. Any election authorized under this Section shall be called by the board of commissioners of the district, and in the same election to issue bonds the board may also submit to the qualified electors of the district a proposition to levy a special tax not to exceed fifteen mills on the dollar for a period not to exceed ten years for the purpose of maintaining and operating said district.

Acts 1954, No. 542, §8; Acts 1985, No. 91, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4624 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4624
Expropriation laws applicable
Status: in_force

All existing laws providing the forms and processes for expropriation of properties by municipalities and parishes shall be applicable to this Part.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4545.19 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4545.19
Bondholders remedies
Status: in_force

Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of this Chapter or any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee under any trust agreement, except to the extent the rights herein given may be restricted by such trust agreement or the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds, may, either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus or other proceeding, protect and enforce any and all rights under the laws of the state or granted hereunder, or, to the extent permitted by law, under such trust agreement or resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds or under any agreement or other contract executed by the Authority pursuant to this Chapter, and may enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by this Chapter or by such trust agreement or resolution to be performed by the Authority or any political subdivision or any public official, including the fixing, charging and collecting of rents, rates, fees and charges for the purchase of output or capacity of any project or for the use of or for the electric power and energy or services furnished by any project.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 772, §1, eff. July 20, 1979.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3386 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3386
Preparation of specifications; ordinance ordering improvement; advertising for bids; awarding and recording contract
Status: in_force

Whenever the governing authority of any municipality resolves to make any improvement authorized by this Sub-part, it shall prepare plans and specifications of the work to be placed on file in the office of the clerk or engineer, and shall adopt an ordinance or resolution, ordering and describing in general terms the contemplated improvement and authorizing the clerk or secretary to advertise for bids therefor, which advertisement shall be inserted at least twice in some newspaper published in the municipality, or if there is no newspaper published therein, then in a newspaper having general circulation therein, the first insertion to be not less than ten days prior to the date fixed for the reception of the bids. The advertisement shall contain a general description of the contemplated work and shall designate the hour, date and place for the reception and opening of the bids. The governing authority shall then let the contract to the lowest responsible bidder who can furnish satisfactory security, but shall have the right to reject any and all bids. The contract shall be recorded in the mortgage records of the parish where the work is to be done.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2561.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2561.1
Authorization for awarding attorney fees
Status: in_force

When an appeal is taken by an employee in the classified service pursuant to R.S. 33:2561 to a municipal, parish, or fire protection district fire and police civil service board and the board determines, in reversing the decision of the appointing authority, that the corrective or disciplinary action taken by the appointing authority was without just cause as provided in R.S. 33:2561, the board may award to the appealing employee attorney fees to be assessed against the appointing authority not to exceed five thousand dollars in any one appeal.

Acts 2022, No. 306, §1, eff. June 10, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:114 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 114
Transfer of lots in unapproved subdivisions
Status: in_force

A. Whoever, being the owner or agent of the owner of any land located within a subdivision, transfers or sells or agrees to transfer or sell any land by reference to or exhibition of or by other use of a plat of a subdivision, before such plat has been approved by a planning commission and recorded or filed in the office of the clerk of court of the parish, shall make the instrument of transfer subject to compliance with laws, ordinances, and regulations relative to the development of subdivisions.

B.(1) Whoever, being the owner or agent of the owner of any land located within a subdivision, transfers or sells or agrees to sell any land by reference to or exhibition of or by other use of a plat of a subdivision, before such plat has been approved by a planning commission and recorded or filed in the office of the clerk of court of the parish, without making the instrument of transfer subject to compliance with laws, ordinances, and regulations relative to the development of subdivisions, shall pay a penalty of five hundred dollars for each lot or parcel so transferred or sold or agreed or negotiated to be sold.

(2) The description of such lot or parcel by metes and bounds in the instrument of transfer or other document used in the process of selling or transferring shall not exempt the transaction from such penalties or from the remedies herein provided.

(3) The parish or municipality, as the case may be, may enjoin such transfer or sale or agreement by suit for injunction brought in any court of competent jurisdiction or may recover the penalty by a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction.

Acts 1983, No. 238, §1; Acts 1995, No. 141, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1418 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1418
Purchase or lease of fleet vehicles; use of alternative fuel vehicles and hybrid vehicles; exceptions; definitions
Status: in_force

A.(1) A political subdivision may purchase or lease any motor vehicle for use by any agency of the political subdivision, if that vehicle is capable of and equipped for using an alternative fuel that results in lower emissions of oxides of nitrogen, volatile organic compounds, carbon monoxide, or particulates, or any combination thereof that meet or exceed federal Clean Air standards, including but not limited to hybrid vehicles. Alternative fuels shall include compressed natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, reformulated gasoline, methanol, ethanol, electricity, and any other fuels which meet or exceed federal Clean Air standards.

(2) For the purposes of this Section, "hybrid vehicle" shall mean a vehicle that employs a combustion engine system together with an electric propulsion system that results in lower emissions of oxides of nitrogen, volatile organic compounds, carbon monoxide, or particulates or any combination thereof that meet or exceed federal Clean Air Act standards.

(3) An agency of a political subdivision may acquire or be provided equipment or refueling facilities necessary to operate such alternative fuel or hybrid vehicles by any of the following methods:

(a) Purchase or lease as authorized by law.

(b) Gift or loan of the equipment or facilities.

(c) Gift or loan of the equipment or facilities or other arrangement pursuant to a service contract for the supply of alternative fuels.

(4) If such equipment or facilities are donated, loaned, or provided through other arrangement with the supplier of alternative fuels, the supplier shall be entitled to recoup its actual cost of donating, loaning, or providing the equipment or facilities through its fuel charges under the supply contract.

(5) The governing authority of a political subdivision may waive the requirements of this Subsection for any agency of a political subdivision upon receipt of certification supported by evidence acceptable to that governing authority that either of the following situations apply:

(a) The agency's vehicles will be operating primarily in an area in which neither the agency nor a supplier has or can reasonably be expected to establish a central refueling station for alternative fuel or hybrid vehicles.

(b) The agency is unable to acquire or be provided equipment or refueling facilities necessary to operate alternative or hybrid vehicles at a projected cost that is reasonably expected to result in no greater net costs than the continued use of traditional gasoline or diesel fuels measured over the expected useful life of the equipment or facilities supplied.

B. Repealed by Acts 2011, No. 246, §1, eff. June 28, 2011.

C. As used in this Part, "political subdivision" means a parish, municipality, and any other unit of local government, including a school board and a special district, authorized by law to perform governmental functions.

Acts 1990, No. 954, §1; Acts 2010, No. 118, §2, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 436, §1; Acts 2011, No. 246, §1, eff. June 28, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:406 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 406
Enactment, recording, and publication of ordinances and resolutions
Status: in_force

A.(1) Any law enacted by a board of aldermen shall be by ordinance. The style of all ordinances shall be: "Be it ordained by the board of aldermen of the City (or Town or Village, as the case may be) of ......." No ordinance shall be adopted except by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the board.

(2) Any act of the board which is not law shall be by resolution. A resolution shall be approved by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the board present at a meeting. No resolution shall require the signature or other action of the mayor to become effective.

(3) Any act of the board which would provide for the appropriation of funds, the incurrence of debt, or the issuance of bonds or other evidences of indebtedness shall be by ordinance. Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, the board may by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the board require the expenditure of funds previously appropriated. Such resolution shall be presented to the mayor within three days after its adoption for his approval or disapproval in accordance with and subject to Subsection C of this Section.

B.(1) A proposed ordinance may be introduced by any alderman at any board meeting. Each proposed ordinance shall be in writing. An ordinance shall contain only one subject which shall be indicated in its title except for ordinances involving the annual operating budget, a capital improvements budget, or a codification of municipal ordinances.

(2) After a proposed ordinance has been introduced, copies of it shall be provided to all members of the board and the mayor. The title of a proposed ordinance, except those specifically authorized by R.S. 33:405(D), shall be published once in the municipality's official journal. The notice shall indicate the time and place where the board will consider its adoption. No ordinance, except one authorized by R.S. 33:405(D), shall be adopted until a public hearing on it has been held. No ordinance, except one authorized by R.S. 33:405(D), can be adopted at the meeting at which it is introduced.

(3) Each proposed amendment to an ordinance shall be presented in writing or reduced to writing before its final consideration. An amendment to a proposed ordinance shall not nullify the purpose of the proposed ordinance nor, except for ordinances involving the annual operating budget, a capital improvements budget, or a codification of municipal ordinances, add a new subject matter to it.

(4) A proposed ordinance shall be read by the title when called for final passage. The vote on an ordinance at final passage shall be taken by "yeas" and "nays", and the municipal clerk shall enter the names of the aldermen voting for and against each proposed ordinance or amendment on the municipal minutes.

C.(1) Every ordinance adopted by the board of aldermen shall be signed by the municipal clerk and presented by the municipal clerk to the mayor within three days after its adoption.

(2) The mayor, within ten days of receipt of an ordinance, shall return it to the municipal clerk with or without his approval, or with his disapproval. If the ordinance is approved by the mayor or is returned by the mayor with neither his approval nor disapproval, the ordinance shall become law upon its return to the municipal clerk. If the mayor fails or refuses to return an ordinance to the municipal clerk within ten days of receipt of an ordinance, it shall become law at midnight of the tenth day after the receipt of the ordinance by the mayor. If the mayor disapproves the ordinance, he shall, within ten days after receipt of the ordinance, return the ordinance along with his written statement of the reasons for his veto to the municipal clerk for transmittal to each member of the board of aldermen. The municipal clerk shall record upon each ordinance the date of its delivery to the mayor and the date of receipt from the mayor, if any.

(3) An ordinance vetoed by the mayor shall be considered again by the board of aldermen at its next regular meeting after the veto. The board may vote on the ordinance at that meeting or at a continuance of that meeting. If a board consists of three members, an affirmative vote by all board members shall be required to override a mayor's veto. If a board consists of more than three members, an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the board's members shall be required to override a mayor's veto. If a board overrides an ordinance vetoed by a mayor, the ordinance becomes law upon its enactment by the board.

D.(1) The municipal clerk shall keep a book entitled "Ordinances, City (or Town, or Village) of ......." in which he shall file the original of every ordinance which has been adopted by the board immediately after its passage and attach a note to the ordinance stating the date of its enactment and a reference to the book and page of the board's minutes containing the record of its adoption.

(2) The municipal clerk shall publish each ordinance adopted by the board of aldermen once in the official journal of the municipality, designated pursuant to R.S. 43:141 through R.S. 43:149, within twenty days of its adoption and prior to its effective date, except as otherwise provided in R.S. 33:405(D).

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

F. Only the board may suspend an ordinance, and then only by the same vote and, except for mayoral veto, according to the same procedures and formalities required for enactment of that ordinance. After January 1, 1986, every resolution suspending an ordinance shall fix the period of suspension, which shall not exceed beyond one year and thirty days after the date of the meeting in which the ordinance was suspended.

Amended by Acts 1950, No. 417, §1; Acts 1985, No. 890, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986; Acts 1997, No. 836, §1, eff. July 10, 1997.

{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1985, NO. 890, §3.}}
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1237 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1237
Power to close and dam streams
Status: in_force

A police jury may close and dam, on its own initiative, small canals or streams of water in the parish which it finds hazardous or detrimental as well as destructive or harmful to property or to the public health and which are not under the jurisdiction of the United States government or War Department, when it has the written approval thereto of the department of public works; and the written approval of the board of commissioners of the levee district in which said dam is to be located if it is in a levee district.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9035.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9035.1
Items which are included in the costs of an economic development project; Calcasieu Parish
Status: in_force

The costs of an economic development project incurred by, or on behalf of, a local governmental subdivision in Calcasieu Parish only, may include the sum total of all reasonable or necessary costs incurred incidental to or in furtherance of an economic development project, including but not limited to the following:

(1) Costs of studies, surveys, development of plans and specifications, preparation, implementation, and administration of an economic development plan, personnel and professional service costs for architectural, engineering, legal, marketing, financial, planning, police, fire, public works or other services, provided that no charges for professional services may be based on a percentage of incremental tax revenues, and specifically including without limitation payments to developers or other nongovernmental persons as reimbursement for on- and off-site preparation costs incurred on behalf of the local governmental subdivision.

(2) Property acquisition and assembly costs within an economic development area, including but not limited to acquisition of land and other real or personal property or rights or interests therein, and specifically including without limitation payments to developers or other nongovernmental persons as reimbursement for property acquisition and assembly costs incurred on behalf of the local governmental subdivision.

(3) On- and off-site preparation costs, including but not limited to clearance of any area within or about an economic development area by demolition or removal of any existing buildings, structures, fixtures, utilities and improvements, and clearing and grading; and including without limitation installation, repair, construction, reconstruction, or relocation of public streets, public utilities, and other public improvements within or without an economic development area which are essential to the preparation of an economic development area for use in accordance with an economic development plan; and specifically including without limitation payments to developers or other nongovernmental persons as reimbursement for on- and off-site preparation costs incurred on behalf of the local governmental subdivision.

(4) Costs of renovation, rehabilitation, relocation, repair, or remodeling of any existing buildings, improvements, and fixtures within an economic development area, and specifically including without limitation payments to developers or other nongovernmental persons as reimbursement for such costs incurred on behalf of the local governmental subdivision.

(5) Costs of construction within or about an economic development area of public improvements, including but not limited to buildings, structures, works, utilities, or fixtures; and specifically including without limitation payments to developers or other nongovernmental persons as reimbursement for such costs incurred on behalf of the local governmental subdivision.

(6) Financing costs of the local governmental subdivision, including but not limited to all necessary and incidental expenses related to the issuance of obligations, payment of any interest on any obligations issued hereunder which accrues during the estimated period of construction of any economic development project for which such obligations are issued and thereafter, and any reasonable reserves related to the issuance of such obligations.

(7) All or a portion of a local governmental subdivision's capital costs resulting from an economic development project necessarily incurred or estimated to be incurred by a local governmental subdivision incidental to or in the furtherance of the objectives of an economic development project, to the extent that the local governmental subdivision by written agreement accepts and approves such costs.

Acts 1990, No. 96, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4530 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4530
New Orleans public belt railroad; operation by railroad commission
Status: in_force

A.(1) The New Orleans Public Belt Railroad Commission for the Port of New Orleans is hereby created as a political subdivision of the state pursuant to Article VI, Sections 19 and 43 of the Constitution of Louisiana, hereinafter referred to in this Part as the "railroad commission". The railroad commission is hereby granted all of the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities accorded by law and the Constitution of Louisiana to political subdivisions of the state, subject to the limitations provided in this Part. The railroad commission shall exercise, in conjunction with the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans, the powers and functions hereinafter set forth in this Part or otherwise provided by law. The railroad commission and all properties at any time owned by it and the income therefrom shall be exempt from any form of taxation in the state of Louisiana.

(2)(a) Except as provided in Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph, the board of the railroad commission shall be composed of the members of the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans. If any person ceases to serve as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans for any reason, that person shall at the same time simultaneously cease to be a member of the board of the railroad commission. A person's successor in office as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans shall take office automatically and, without necessity of further action by anyone, become a member of the board of the railroad commission, if that successor meets the qualifications for members set forth in Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph. A member of the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans whose term in office has expired but who retains the qualifications required by law shall continue to serve as a member of the railroad commission until that person's successor has been appointed and taken office with the board of the port. Each member holds the office as a member of the railroad commission by virtue of the office to which he is appointed as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans. This combination of offices is in the public interest and no other law pertaining to dual office holding shall be construed or applied to prohibit the combination of these offices.

(b) No director, attorney, officer, or employee of any other rail carrier shall be a member of the board of the railroad commission. For purposes of this Subparagraph, the prohibition regarding an attorney refers only to an individual attorney who represents a rail carrier, and there shall be no imputed disqualification to an attorney based on representations of rail carriers by other lawyers associated in that attorney's firm. For purposes of this Subparagraph, "rail carrier" has the meaning provided in 49 U.S.C. 10102 or any successor statutory provision, and also includes an entity which directly or indirectly controls or is controlled by such a rail carrier. Furthermore, Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph shall not be construed or applied to permit a person to serve on the board of the railroad commission if prohibited by the Code of Governmental Ethics. A vacancy on the railroad commission caused by disqualification under this Subparagraph shall not be filled.

(3) The chairman, the vice chairman, and the secretary-treasurer of the board of the railroad commission, whose duties shall be those usual to those officers, shall be the same as the corresponding board officers of the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans, unless the port board officer lacks the qualification under Subparagraph (2)(b) of this Subsection, in which case the board of the railroad commission shall elect a substitute from its membership. The board of the railroad commission shall meet once a month in regular session. It shall meet in special sessions as often as the chairman of the board convenes it, or on written request of four members. Four members of the railroad commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The railroad commission shall prescribe rules to govern its meetings and shall keep suitable offices convenient to the business center of the city of New Orleans.

(4) The chief executive officer of the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans shall serve as chief executive officer of the railroad commission. He shall appoint as an employee of the railroad commission the general manager for railroad operations of the railroad commission who shall report to the chief executive officer. The chief executive officer of the railroad commission shall hold office by virtue of his appointment and employment as chief executive officer of the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans. Such employment is in the public interest, and no other law shall be construed or applied to prohibit this combination of offices and employment. The railroad commission and the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans may determine that each political subdivision shall pay a portion of the total compensation of the chief executive officer and other port senior executive employees in the unclassified service who provide services to the railroad commission pursuant to R.S. 33:4535.

B. The railroad commission shall have the power to make contracts and to acquire lands, leases, and other forms of property necessary for the operation of a railroad system and port railroad terminals, either by purchase, expropriation, or otherwise, and shall have the right to operation within or without the parish of Orleans. The railroad commission shall have the same right to lease or sublease any property, whether movable or immovable, that is owned or leased by it, that is provided to the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans under R.S. 9:1102.2(A)(2).

C. The control, operation, management, and development of the public belt railroad system upon its acquisition as provided in R.S. 33:4535 shall be exclusively vested in the railroad commission, subject to the provisions of this Part with respect to the related powers and functions of the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans, provided, however, that the railroad commission shall have the power and authority to contract with other firms or corporations, either public or private, or local governmental subdivisions or political subdivisions, or state agencies, for the operation, management, and development of the entire public belt railroad system, provided that the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans shall determine that the interests of the city of New Orleans, the port of New Orleans, and the public belt railroad system would best be served thereby and shall approve the terms and conditions of any such contract; provided that any such contract shall recognize and maintain the rights of the employees of the public belt railroad system under existing labor contracts and applicable law; however, this requirement shall not be interpreted to prohibit future changes as may be permitted by law, contract, or negotiated agreement with employees.

D. The primary and specific purpose of the railroad commission is to promote economic growth and development in trade and commerce through the operation of a neutral switching and terminal carrier for the New Orleans rail gateway. The provision of freight handling and transportation within the Port of New Orleans, whether by roadway, rail, or other means, shall be within the powers and functions of the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans, subject to this Part assigning all rail freight common carrier obligations to the railroad commission.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 245, §1; Acts 2011, No. 279, §1; Acts 2020, No. 359, §§1, 2, eff. June 12, 2020, §7; Acts 2020, No. 359, §7.

NOTE: See Acts 2011, No. 279, §3, relative to effective date of Act.

NOTE: See Acts 2020, No. 359, §10, regarding applicability of cooperative endeavor agreement date February 1, 2018.

NOTE: See Acts 2020, No. 359, §7, regarding repeal of Acts 2011, No. 279.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:441.22 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 441.22
Village of Albany; appointment of court magistrate; duties
Status: in_force

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

Added by Acts 1981, No. 199, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1941 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1941
Medal for member of police or fire department
Status: in_force

Any member of a police or fire department who, in the regular performance of his duty, renders some act of valor, or any act conducive to the betterment and credit of the department of which he is a member, shall be awarded a gold medal of honor, properly inscribed, to be presented by the board created by this Part.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9205 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9205
Corporate and governmental status of board; domicile; evidence of acts and proceedings
Status: in_force

A.(1) The board 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 relating to the incurring of debt and the issuing of bonds and other debt obligations therefor.

(2) The domicile of the board shall be designated by the commissioners at the first regular meeting of the board.

B. The board may:

(1) Buy and sell property;

(2) Incur debt, and contract obligations in accordance with law;

(3) Sue and be sued; and

(4) Perform any and all acts in its corporate capacity and in its corporate name which are necessary and proper for carrying out the purposes and objects for which it was created.

C. The board shall have a corporate seal, and copies of all the regulations and copies of proceedings of the board certified by its secretary under its corporate seal shall be received in all courts as prima facie evidence of the acts and proceedings of the board.

Acts 1984, No. 161, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:130.473 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 130.473
Powers of district
Status: in_force

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

(1) To sue and be sued.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Acts 1993, No. 807, §1, eff. June 22, 1993.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4709.31 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4709.31
Houma Restoration District; creation; governing authority; powers; duties
Status: in_force

A.(1) The Houma Restoration District is hereby created as a special municipal district in Houma and is hereafter referred to in this Section as the "district". The district is created as a body politic and corporate and a political subdivision of the state of Louisiana.

(2) The district is comprised of all property on either side of and all property between West/East Park Avenue and West/East Main Street between their intersections with Morgan Street and Grand Caillou Road.

(3) The primary purposes of the district are to provide for restoration and preservation of the character of the area within the district, to provide opportunity for cultural events, and to encourage economic development within the district that is consistent with the plan adopted by its board of commissioners.

B.(1) The district shall be governed by a board of commissioners appointed as follows:

(a) The member of the Louisiana House of Representatives whose district includes all or the greater portion of the restoration district shall appoint one member.

(b) The member of the Louisiana Senate whose district includes all or the greater portion of the restoration district shall appoint one member.

(c) The president of Terrebonne Parish shall appoint one member.

(d) The governing authority of Terrebonne Parish shall appoint one member.

(e) The board of directors of the Houma-Terrebonne Chamber of Commerce shall appoint one member.

(f) The governing board of the Houma Downtown Development Corporation shall appoint two members.

(g) The Houma Historic Preservation District shall appoint one member who is a representative of a nonprofit organization involved with historic preservation in Houma.

(h) The member of the Terrebonne Parish governing authority whose council district includes all or the greater portion of the district shall appoint one member.

(2)(a) Commissioners shall serve six-year terms after initial terms as provided in Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph.

(b) Of the initial appointments, two shall serve one-year terms, two shall serve two-year terms, two shall serve three-year terms, and one shall serve a four-year term as determined by lot at the first meeting of the board.

(3) Any vacancy which occurs prior to the expiration of a term shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term in the manner of the original appointment.

(4) As soon as practical after appointment, the members shall meet at the call of the parish president and elect from their number a chairman and such other officers as they deem appropriate.

(5) The board shall adopt rules for the transaction of business and shall keep a record of its resolutions, transactions, findings, and determinations.

C.(1) The board shall prepare or cause to be prepared a plan or plans, hereafter referred to as the "plan", specifying the layout and character of development within the district. The plan shall include but not necessarily be limited to the following:

(a) The nature and location of enterprises to be located within the district.

(b) Guidelines for the general character of the external appearance of buildings and facilities within the district to whatever extent and detail the authority or the town may deem appropriate.

(c) Plans for transportation into and within the district either by foot, vehicle, watercraft, or any other means.

(2) In the development of the plan, the board shall conduct such public hearings, publish such notice with respect thereto, and disseminate such information as the authority, in the exercise of its sound discretion, may deem appropriate or advisable and in the public interest.

(3) The plan shall be adopted by a majority vote of the full membership of the board, and after the plan has been adopted, it may be altered or amended only by adoption of a resolution by a majority of the full membership of the board.

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

D. Pursuant to the purposes for which the district was created, the board may:

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

(2) Undertake public works and operate public facilities that will encourage economic development within or encourage residents and tourists to visit the district.

(3) Acquire property within the district and enter contracts for lease or conveyance of all or any part of the property located in the district to any private person or entity who will undertake restoration and preservation of such property or contribute to economic development in the area.

(4) Issue certificates of appropriateness regarding any work in the erection of any new building or in the alteration of, addition to, painting, repainting, or demolishing of any existing building within the district. Any application for a certificate shall be accompanied by the full plans and specifications thereof, so far as they relate to the proposed appearance, color, texture of materials, and architectural design of the exterior, including the front, sides, rear, and roof of such building, or alteration or addition of any outbuilding, party wall, courtyard, fence, or other dependency thereof.

(5) Require approval of signage in the district and adopt guidelines regulating the appearance, color, size, position, method of attachment, texture of materials, and design of signs in accordance with the character and overall design of the district.

E. The district, through its board, may exercise all powers of a political subdivision necessary or convenient for carrying out its objects and purposes, including but not limited to the following:

(1) To sue and be sued, and as such, to stand in judgment.

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

(3) To acquire by gift, grant, purchase, or lease, and to hold and use any property, real, personal, mixed, tangible, or intangible, or any interest therein, necessary or desirable for carrying out the objects and purposes of the district.

(4) To sell, transfer, or convey any property acquired by it, or any interest therein, at any time to accomplish the objects and purposes of the district subject to applicable law. Any such sale, transfer, or conveyance shall provide for a fair and equitable return of revenue to the district.

(5) To lease or sublease all or any portion of any property for a term not exceeding ninety-nine years at a fixed or variable rental subject to applicable law. Any such lease entered into shall provide for a fair and equitable return of revenue to the district.

(6)(a) To sell, lease for a term of up to ninety-nine years, exchange, or otherwise dispose of or transfer to or with other political corporations of this state or private persons at public or private sale any residential or subdivision land, property, improvements, or portions thereof, including real property, which is, in the opinion of the board of commissioners, appropriate to accomplish the objectives and purposes of the district.

(b) Prior to any disposition or transfer of property pursuant to this Paragraph, a majority of the total board membership shall approve the disposition or transfer and fix the price and terms of the sale, lease, exchange, or other contract to be made with reference to the property. Such disposition or transfer shall not require advertisement or public bids nor require any notice to be published in a newspaper or to be posted in any public place.

(7) To make and collect reasonable charges for the use of property of the district and for services rendered by the district, and to regulate fees or rentals charged for use of privately owned facilities located on property owned or sold by the district when such facilities are offered for use by the public or by a private industrial, commercial, research, or other economic development entity or activity.

(8) To enter into contracts to achieve the district's objectives and purposes, including but not limited to contracts for professional and other services and for the purchase, lease, acquisition, sale, construction, operation, maintenance, and improvements of land, public works, and facilities, as the district may deem necessary or convenient to accomplish the objectives and purposes of the district, subject to R.S. 38:2211 et seq.

(9) To plan, develop, regulate, operate, and maintain activities and planned land uses to foster creation of new jobs, economic development, industry, health care, commerce, manufacturing, tourism, relocation of people and businesses to the area, shipbuilding, aviation, military, warehousing, transportation, offices, recreation, housing development, and conservation.

(10) To acquire land and improvements to construct, operate, and maintain facilities, improvements, and infrastructure, including buildings, roads, bridges, drainage, and utilities, and to perform other functions and activities on property owned or leased by the district to accomplish the objectives and purposes of the district and to protect the public health and welfare.

(11) In its own name and behalf, to incur debt, and issue general obligation bonds, under the authority of and subject to the provisions of Article VI, Section 33 of the Constitution of Louisiana, and Subpart A of Part III of Chapter 4 of Subtitle II of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, for the establishment, operation, and maintenance of district property or to carry out the other public purposes of this Section, and to issue revenue bonds, borrow money, and issue certificates of indebtedness, notes, and other debt obligations as evidence thereof and provide for the manner and method of repayment.

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

(13) To utilize the services of the executive departments of the state upon mutually agreeable terms and conditions.

(14) To adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business.

(15) To do any and all things necessary or proper for the government, regulation, development, and control of the business of the board of commissioners.

F.(1) The board of commissioners may, subject to the provisions of this Subsection and other applicable provisions of law, levy ad valorem taxes within the district.

(2) The board of commissioners may, subject to the provisions of this Subsection and other applicable provisions of law, levy a sales and use tax at a rate not to exceed one percent. Any such tax shall be in addition to all other sales and use taxes authorized by law and shall be excluded when calculating the combined rate of sales and use taxes levied in the parish pursuant to Article VI, Section 29(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana including but not limited to sales and use taxes authorized by R.S. 47:338.54. Such tax shall be levied upon the sale at retail; the use, lease, or rental; the consumption; and the storage for use or consumption of tangible personal property, and on sales of services, all as defined in Chapter 2 of Subtitle II of Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, R.S. 47:301 et seq., in the district. Sales and use taxes shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as set forth in Chapter 2-D of Subtitle II of Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

(3)(a) No tax may be levied pursuant to Paragraph (1) or (2) of this Subsection unless the levy is authorized by a majority of the electors of the district who vote at an election held for that purpose in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code.

(b) A tax proposition submitted to the voters shall state the rate, duration, and purpose of the tax as requested by duly adopted resolution of the governing authority of the district. The rate, duration, and use of any tax shall be as so stated in the proposition authorizing its levy.

(4)(a) The board of commissioners may, subject to the provisions of this Subsection and other applicable provisions of law, incur debt and fund tax revenues into bonds in the manner provided by Part III of Chapter 4 of Subtitle II of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

(b) Any proposition submitted to the voters for the issuance of bonds secured by sales and use taxes shall state the amount of bonds to be issued, and the district governing authority shall not issue such bonds in an amount exceeding the stated amount.

(5) The district may, on its own initiative, call a special election to submit to the qualified electors of the district a proposition or propositions authorizing the levy of a tax or the issuance of bonds or both.

G. Nothing in this Section shall be construed in a manner that in any way limits the authority granted by or pursuant to the Terrebonne Parish home rule charter to any official or entity.

Acts 2022, No. 352, §1, eff. June 10, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4532 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4532
The Huey P. Long Bridge; operation, maintenance, etc.
Status: in_force

A.(1) The railroad commission shall own, maintain, and operate the Huey P. Long Bridge, its approaches and appurtenances, across the Mississippi River at or near Mile Point J-3.7 in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, which bridge and the property heretofore acquired by the Public Belt Railroad in connection with its construction shall be under the exclusive control and management of the railroad commission.

(2) The railroad commission shall have the exclusive right to transport or convey for any railroad its trains over the bridge and over the lines of the Public Belt Railroad system. However, the railroad commission shall have the authority to contract upon such terms and conditions, and for such duration, as may be approved by a vote of two-thirds of the members of the railroad commission, with any railroad company for the use of the bridge by that railroad company, its approaches and appurtenances, and for the use of any tracks owned by the railroad commission for the purpose of transporting and conveying its locomotives, cars, and trains and other equipment under its own power or power provided by the Public Belt Railroad.

B. The Huey P. Long Bridge, its approaches and appurtenances, and the lands and other things acquired in connection with the construction, operation, and maintenance thereof, shall be exempt from any form of taxation, and shall not be hypothecated, leased, or alienated by the railroad commission, except that:

(1) Lands acquired which, by a two-thirds vote of all members of the railroad commission, are declared not necessary for the construction of the bridge and appurtenances, or for use in the operation thereof, may be leased or sold. The proceeds of any such lease or sale may be used by the railroad commission for general railroad purposes. Such lands also may be exchanged with or transferred to the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans for compensation and value as may be mutually agreed by the political subdivisions.

(2) The railroad commission may contract for the operation and management of the bridge as a part of the public belt railroad system under the circumstances and subject to the conditions provided in R.S. 33:4530.

(3) The railroad commission may transfer, assign, and deliver the bridge, its approaches and appurtenances, as a part of the public belt railroad to another political subdivision or agency of the state, if such political subdivision or agency acquires the assets of the public belt railroad system pursuant to the authority granted in R.S. 33:4531. Any such transfer shall require that such political subdivision or state agency undertake and agree: (i) to continue to operate and maintain the Huey P. Long Bridge as a part of the public belt railroad system; (ii) to assume and comply with all obligations of the city of New Orleans and the public belt railroad commission under all contracts, including by way of illustration but not limitation, all the contracts between the city of New Orleans, acting by and through the public belt railroad commission and the railroad companies using the Huey P. Long Bridge and the tracks of the public belt railroad system, and the rights of the Department of Transportation and Development, in and to the perpetual use of the highway portions of the bridge; and (iii) to recognize and maintain the rights of the employees of the Public Belt Railroad System under existing labor contracts and applicable law; however, this requirement shall not be interpreted to prohibit future changes that may be permitted by law or contract or negotiated agreement with employees.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 245, §1; Acts 1997, No. 300, §1; Acts 2020, No. 359, §3, see Act.

NOTE: See Acts 2020, No. 359, §§9 and 10, regarding effectiveness and applicability of cooperative endeavor agreement dated February 1, 2018.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:7556 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 7556
Advice and services of office of engineering, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, and office of environmental affairs
Status: in_force

The district and the board of commissioners therefor shall have, with respect to all of the powers and functions prescribed by this Chapter, the advice and the services of the office of engineering of the Department of Transportation and Development, the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, and the office of environmental affairs. It shall be the duty of the department and offices to make such reports, inspections, and investigations, render such reports, estimates, and recommendations and furnish such plans and specifications as the board of commissioners for the district may request.

Added by Acts 1970, No. 589, §1. Amended by Acts 1979, No. 449, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1980; Acts 2012, No. 753, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2533 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2533
Definitions
Status: in_force

The following words and phrases, when used in this Part, shall have the following meaning unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

1. "Allocation" means the official determination of the class to which a position in the classified service belongs.

2. "Appointing authority" means any official, officer, board, commission, council or person having the power to make appointments to positions in the municipal, parish or fire protection district fire service.

3. "Appointment" means the designation of a person, by due authority, to become an employee in a position, and his induction into employment in the position.

4. "Board" means the municipal, parish, or fire protection district fire and police civil service board.

5. "Class" or "class of position" means a definitely recognized kind of employment in the classified service, designated to embrace positions that are so nearly alike in the essential character of their duties, responsibilities and consequent qualification requirements that they may fairly and equitably be treated alike under like conditions for all personnel purposes.

6. "Classification plan" means all the classes of positions established for the classified service.

7. "Classified service" means every appointive office and position of trust or employment in the municipal government, parish government, or fire protection district government which has as its primary duty one of the functions specifically set forth to be included in the classified service by the provisions of this Part; and excludes all elective and appointive offices and positions of trust or employment which have a primary duty specifically set forth to be included in the unclassified service by the provisions of this Part.

8. "Demotion" means a change of an employee in the classified service from a position of one class to a position of a lower class which generally involves less responsibility and provides less pay.

9. "Department service" means employment in the public service offered and performed separately by the fire or police department of the municipality, parish or fire protection district.

10. "Eligible" means a person whose name is on a list.

11. "Employee" means a person legally occupying a position.

12. "Employment list" or "lists" means a reinstatement employment list, a promotional employment list, a competitive employment list and a re-employment list.

13. "Position" means any office or employment in the municipal, parish or fire protection district, fire or police service, the duties of which call for services to be rendered by one person.

14. "Promotion" means a change of an employee in the classified service from a position of one class to a position of a higher class which generally involves increased responsibilities and provides increased pay.

15. "Promotion employment list" or "promotion list" means an employment list, containing the names of eligible persons established from the results of promotion tests given for a particular class of positions; which is not specifically required by this Part to be established from the results of a competitive test.

16. "Promotion test" means a test for positions in a particular class which are not specifically required by this Part to be filled by competitive tests, admission to which is limited to regular employees of the next lower class, or the next lower classes when authorized by the rules, in the classified service.

17. "Re-employment list" means an employment list for the entrance or lowest ranking class in the classified service, or any group of classes that may be grouped in the classification plan, containing names of regular employees who have been laid off under the "lay off" provisions of this Part. This list shall not be applicable to persons who have resigned or have been discharged.

18. "Regular employee" or "permanent employee" means an employee who has been appointed to a position in the classified service in accordance with this Part after completing his working test period.

19. "Regular paid and regularly paid department" means any fire or police department in any municipality, parish, or fire protection district that employs personnel in positions of the classified service as defined in this Section and compensates such personnel at regular intervals.

20. "Reinstatement employment list" or "reinstatement list" means an employment list containing names of persons eligible for reinstatement in positions of a class from which they have been demoted for reasons other than disciplinary action.

21. "Seniority" means the following:

(a) "Departmental seniority" means the total employment computed for an employee beginning with the last date on which he was regularly and permanently appointed and has worked continuously, to and including the date of computation. Time during which an employee has served in the armed forces of the United States subsequent to May 1, 1940, shall be construed to mean continuous service and shall be included in the computation of his seniority. Total departmental seniority in the departmental service, including positions of any and all classes, or seniority in any one or more given classes, may be computed for an employee, but in either case employment shall be continuous and unbroken by a resignation or discharge of the respective employee. An employee who is finally discharged or resigns from his position shall forfeit all accumulated departmental seniority. An employee who is suspended and returns to his position immediately following the expiration of his suspension shall not forfeit his departmental seniority accumulated to the date of his suspension, but he shall not be given credit for the lost time at any future compensation.

(b) "Promotional seniority" means the total cumulative employment in a class of positions of the next lower class from which a promotion is to be made. Employment counted toward seniority in the next lower class shall include the aggregate of all temporary appointments, the working test period, and employment as a regular and permanent employee in the class less the aggregate of suspensions without pay while serving in a position of the class. The appointing authority shall maintain accurate records of appointments and suspensions and shall report such appointments and suspensions to the board in strict compliance with R.S. 33:2563.

22. "Temporary appointment" means the appointment of an employee for limited period of service without acquisition by the appointee of any continuing right to be retained beyond such period.

Acts 1964, No. 282, §1. Amended by Acts 1965, No. 146, §1; Acts 2016, No. 285, §1; Acts 2016, No. 668, §1, eff. June 17, 2016.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4545.9 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4545.9
Purchase of capacity and output by a municipality
Status: in_force

Any municipality may contract to buy from the Authority power and energy required for its present or future requirements, including the capacity and output of one or more specified projects. Any such contract may provide that the municipality so contracting shall be obligated to make payments required by the contract whether or not a project is completed, operable or operating and notwithstanding the suspension, interruption, interference, reduction or curtailment of the output of a project or the power and energy contracted for, and that such payments under the contract shall not be subject to any reduction, whether by offset or otherwise, and shall not be conditioned upon the performance or nonperformance by the Authority or any other municipality under the contract or any other instrument. Such contracts with respect to any project may also provide, in the event of default by any municipality which is a party to any such contract for such project in the performance of its obligations thereunder, for other participating municipalities which are parties to any such contract for such project to succeed to the rights and interests and assume the obligations of the defaulting party, pro rata or otherwise as may be agreed upon in such contracts.

Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law or local charter provision to the contrary, any such contracts with respect to the sale or purchase of capacity, output, power or energy from a project may extend for a period not exceeding fifty years from the date a project is estimated to be placed in normal continuous operation; and the execution and effectiveness thereof shall not be subject to any authorizations or approvals by the state or any agency, commission or instrumentality or political subdivision thereof except as in this Chapter specifically required and provided.

Payments by a municipality under any contract for the purchase of capacity and output from the Authority shall be made solely from, and may be secured by a pledge of and lien upon, the revenues derived by such municipality from the ownership and operation of its electric system or its combined utilities system in the discretion of such municipality, and such payments may be made as an operating expense of such electric system or combined utilities system, as the case may be. No obligation under such contract shall constitute an indebtedness of the municipality for the purpose of any constitutional or statutory limitation or a legal or equitable pledge, charge, lien or encumbrance upon any property of the government unit or upon any of its income, receipts or revenues, except the revenues of its electric system or its combined utilities system, as the case may be, under the terms of the contract, and neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the municipality are, or may be, pledged for the payment of any obligation under any such contract. A municipality shall be obligated to fix, charge and collect rents, rates, fees and charges for electric power and energy and other services, facilities and commodities sold, furnished or supplied through its electric system or its combined utilities system sufficient to provide revenues adequate to meet its obligations under any such contract and to pay any and all other amounts payable from or constituting a charge and lien upon such revenues, including amounts sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on bonds of such municipality heretofore or hereafter issued for purposes related to its electric system or its combined utilities system, as the case may be. Any pledge made by a municipality pursuant to this Paragraph shall be valid and binding from the date the pledge is made. The revenues, securities, and other moneys so pledged and then held or thereafter received by such municipality or any fiduciary may by resolution be set aside in whole or in part into appropriate separate funds and the municipality may enter into such covenants and agreements constituting a contract between the municipality and the holder or holders of bonds as may be necessary to preserve the security of said funds. Any such agreements or covenants shall be included in an appropriate resolution of the governing body of said municipality, which resolution is to be maintained as part of the official public records of said municipality. Any revenues so pledged shall be payable to the Authority to discharge the obligations of a municipality under any contract for the purchase of capacity and output from the Authority subject only to the prior payment of reasonable and necessary expenses of operating and maintaining the municipality's electric utility system. The Authority may, either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus or other proceedings, enforce and compel the performance of the covenants or obligations of the municipality under such contract to be performed by the municipality or any officer thereof, including the fixing, charging and collection of rents, rates, fees and other charges.

Prior to any municipality finally executing and delivering a contract with the Authority for the purchase of capacity and output of one or more specified projects in compliance with the provisions of this Section and other relevant portions of this Chapter, the governing authority of the municipality shall adopt an appropriate resolution giving notice of its intention to enter into such contract which shall have been reduced to writing and published one time in the official journal of the municipality not less than thirty days before the date of the public hearing hereinafter required. The proposed contract shall be attached to said resolution as an exhibit or set forth in its entirety within said resolution. The resolution shall establish the date, time and place for the holding of a public hearing on the proposed contract and shall require the publication of a notice of intention which shall give notice of the hearing and the matters to be considered at such hearing, including the designation of the particular issue of the official journal in which the proposed contract has been or will be published. This notice of intention must be published in said official journal once a week for four weeks with the first publication being at least thirty days before the public meeting of the governing authority of the municipality at which said governing authority will meet in open and public session to receive any petitions and to hear any objections to the proposed contract. If at such hearing a petition duly signed by electors of the governmental unit in a number not less than five percent of the electors voting in the last special or general election shall be filed objecting to the proposed contract, then said contract shall not be executed or delivered by the municipality until approved by a majority vote of the qualified electors of the municipality who vote in a special election held for this purpose in the manner generally provided by Chapter 6A of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. After complying with these procedural requirements, the municipality may proceed with the execution and delivery of the contract which shall then become binding in accordance with its terms. Such contract may not be amended or terminated without mutual agreement of the parties thereto.

Any municipality may furnish the Authority with money derived solely from the ownership and operation of its electric system or its combined utilities system and provide the Authority with personnel, equipment and property, both real and personal. Any municipality may also provide any services to the Authority. Any municipality may contract for, advance or contribute funds derived solely from the ownership and operation of its electric system or its combined utilities system to the Authority as may be agreed upon by the Authority and the municipality and the Authority shall repay such advances or contributions from proceeds of bonds, from operating revenues or from any other funds of the Authority, together with interest thereon as may be agreed upon by the municipality and the Authority.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 772, §1, eff. July 20, 1979.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:176 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 176
Procedure to contract boundaries
Status: in_force

To contract the boundaries of a municipality the same procedure shall be followed as outlined above and the same notice must be published and the same right of appeal to the courts is granted as is provided for in the case of the enlargement of the boundaries.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:5003 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 5003
Inclusionary zoning
Status: in_force

Any municipality or parish in the state that adopts land use or zoning ordinances, resolutions, or regulations may adopt ordinances to provide for inclusionary zoning to increase the availability of affordable dwelling units within the jurisdiction of the respective municipality or parish.

Acts 2006, No. 810, §1, eff. July 1, 2006.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:140.166 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 140.166
Zoning commission; recommendations; public hearing
Status: in_force

A. The parish planning commission created and established by the provisions of Subpart A of Part IV of Chapter I of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 shall be the zoning commission for Acadia Parish and shall exercise all powers, duties, and functions herein provided. It shall be the duty of said zoning commission to recommend the boundaries of the various original districts, as well as the restrictions and regulations to be enforced therein, and any supplements, changes, or modifications thereof.

B. Before making any recommendation to the police jury, the zoning commission shall hold a public hearing. Notice of time and place of each such hearing shall be published at least three times in the official journal of the parish, or if there be none, then in a paper of general circulation in the parish, and at least ten days shall elapse between the first publication and date of the hearing.

C. After the hearing has been held by the zoning commission, it shall make a report of its findings and recommendations to the police jury, and the police jury shall not hold its public hearings or take any action until it has received the final report of the zoning commission.

Acts 1989, No. 691, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3685 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3685
Apportionment of cost
Status: in_force

The entire cost, including costs of culverts, headers, filling, engineering, attorney's fees, labor, and material, of the improvement shall be apportioned as follows: (1) The abutting real estate owners shall pay all the costs of paving or improving streets and street intersections, the cost of the intersection to be pro-rated against all of the property abutting the street; (2) When a railway occupies a portion of the street or alley, the owner thereof shall pay in the proportion that the area of the space occupied by its roadbed bears to the total area of the street, alley or portion thereof to be improved.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3887.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3887.1
Rapides Parish; supervising board; per diem
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:3887, or any other law to the contrary, the parish governing authority of Rapides Parish may pay a per diem to each member of the board of supervisors in an amount not to exceed ninety dollars for each day of attendance at meetings of the board up to and including twenty-four days in each year. The governing authority of Rapides Parish may also pay each member per diem for attendance of up to and including twelve emergency meetings of the board of supervisors called in any one calendar year. Per diem provided by this Section shall be paid out of the designated funds in the hands of the treasurer.

Acts 2001, No. 331, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4407 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4407
Separate rather than collective disposition of franchise or lease in cities of 50,000
Status: in_force

When any municipality of over fifty thousand inhabitants has for sale or lease more than one of the same kind of franchise lease or privilege pertaining to the comfort or convenience of its residents, it shall sell, lease, or grant each franchise or lease separately and not collectively.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2196 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2196
Rules and regulations; status of policemen on roll January 1, 1928
Status: in_force

The superintendent of police or commanding officer of the department may adopt regulations for the government of the department except substitutes. All members of the department whose names appear on the rolls thereof on January 1, 1928 are recognized as regularly appointed members of the department.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3004 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3004
Bicentennial commissions; expenses
Status: in_force

A. All municipalities and parishes of the state which have heretofore created or which hereinafter create a municipal or parish bicentennial commission are hereby authorized and empowered to appropriate such funds, as said creating authorities may deem fit and proper, to said commissions for expenses incurred by the members thereof in the performance of their duties; provided, however, that such funds shall be appropriated solely to pay the actual expenses of commission members and shall not be used to pay per diem or other compensation to such members.

B. In addition to and in furtherance of the provisions of Subsection A hereof, said local governing bodies may receive and expend, on a matching fund basis or otherwise, any federal, state and local monies which may be made available to said governing authorities for the purposes set forth in the resolutions creating such bicentennial commissions.

Added by Acts 1974, No. 125, §1, emerg. eff. July 9, 1974 at 2:35 P.M.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4784 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4784
Collection of license fees by summary proceedings
Status: in_force

Any municipality which requires a license to conduct any business within its corporate limits may proceed against any person who is conducting a business without paying the required license by rule to show cause why he should not pay the license and penalties or close the business, which rule may be tried on the fifth day, exclusive of holidays, after the service thereof. The rule shall always be tried by preference and may be tried in term time or vacation, in open court or in chambers. If the rule is made absolute the municipality shall have judgment for the amount of the license, penalty, and costs against the defendant, who shall also be ordered to close his business until he obtains the required license. Every violation of the order of court shall constitute and be punishable as a contempt of court.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9034.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9034.2
Direct participation by the town of Richwood
Status: in_force

The town of Richwood in Ouachita Parish may, by resolution or ordinance, propose to carry out the purposes of this Chapter without the necessity of creating and organizing an economic development corporation. The town of Richwood shall have all of the powers, rights, duties, and obligations of such a corporation under this Chapter and may do any act or take any action which such a corporation is authorized to do under this Chapter including entering into a joint venture or cooperative endeavor for a public purpose with a federal, state, or local governmental agency or with a private or public firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity such as ACIDCO Manufacturing, Inc., regarding which the town of Richwood shall be authorized to grant or loan up to two million dollars or a like value in property or property use.

Acts 1992, No. 389, §1, eff. June 18, 1992.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3984 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 3984
Awarding contract; resolution authorizing execution of contract
Status: in_force

Except in the case of joint projects undertaken as provided and authorized by Section 3983(B) hereof, the governing authority of the district, or its authorized officer or agent, shall receive bids on the date and at the place and hour named in the notice calling for bids and shall there publicly open and tabulate the bids. The contract shall thereafter be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder who can furnish satisfactory security. The governing authority may, however, reject any and all bids, and at any time, within a period of thirty (30) days from the date of the reception and opening of the bids, award the contract for the work without further advertisement, provided that no contract shall be let for an amount greater than that specified in the lowest sealed bid received from a responsible bidder. The contract awarded under the provisions of this Sub-part shall be authorized by resolution authorizing the chief executive officer of the governing authority to execute the contract for, on behalf of, and in the name of the district. It shall not be necessary to set forth the contract in full in the resolution, but it shall be sufficient if the resolution refers to a copy of the contract on file in the office of the clerk or secretary where it is available for public inspection. The resolution shall be published in one issue of the official journal of the district, and a certified copy thereof shall be filed with the clerk of court of the parish in which the district is located and shall be by him duly recorded in the mortgage records of the parish. Where joint street and sewer projects are undertaken, bids shall be taken, and received, and the contract for such joint project awarded by the agency carrying out the street or road improvements, all in strict accordance and compliance with the provisions of law applicable to such street or road improvements.

Amended by Acts 1950, No. 462, §4; Acts 1964, No. 104, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:1236.17 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 1236.17
Gathering or cutting of Spanish moss on Lake St. John; prohibition
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the gathering or cutting, for sale, of Spanish moss located on Lake St. John is hereby prohibited.

Acts 1992, No. 634, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4690.11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4690.11
City of Covington special public improvement districts
Status: in_force

A. The legislature recognizes that the government of the city of Covington operates under the provisions of a home rule charter, the "charter", adopted in accordance with the provisions of Article VI, Section 5 of the Constitution of Louisiana and that pursuant to that charter and R.S. 33:361, it has all powers necessary to perform any function necessary, requisite or proper for the management of its affairs not denied by law.

B. Without limiting any authority of the city council of the city of Covington authorized by the charter or by law, the city council may:

(1) Create public improvement districts that shall consist of areas of territory within the city that may or may not be contiguous.

(2) Designate the public purpose or purposes for which said districts are created.

(3) Authorize the performance of such governmental functions as the council may deem appropriate.

(4) Designate a governing authority for such district which may or may not be the city council.

(5) Designate that certain concessions be made for the elderly and low income persons and provide definitions for the same.

C. Without limiting the city council's authority to delineate and describe the powers of any such district, the district may be authorized to perform any of the following:

(1) To fix, maintain, collect, and revise rates and charges for the equipment or facilities of the district and the services rendered thereby.

(2) To make bylaws for the management and regulation of its affairs.

(3)(a) To levy and collect a parcel fee within its boundaries, which parcel fee shall be imposed by resolution by the governing authority of such district only after the question of the imposition of the parcel fee and the purpose, rate, and duration of the parcel fee has been approved by a majority of the voters residing in such district voting at an election held therein.

(b) The proceeds of such parcel fee shall be expended for any lawful district purpose.

(c) Any parcel fee imposed pursuant to this Section shall be levied and collected and be due and owing annually. Such fee may be carried on the tax rolls of St. Tammany Parish and collected at the same time as parish ad valorem taxes. If any parcel fee is not paid when due, such district shall proceed against the parcel for the collection of the amount of the fee unpaid and delinquent, any collection costs incurred by such district plus interest at a rate not exceeding twelve percent on the unpaid amount of the parcel fee, and in the event legal proceedings are necessary to effect collection, court costs and reasonable attorney fees. However, attorney fees shall be payable by the parcel owner only if demand by the governing authority of such district has been made on the parcel owner by registered or certified mail, and such parcel owner has failed to pay the amount due within ten days after such demand. A judgment obtained for nonpayment of a parcel fee, upon being recorded in the mortgage records in St. Tammany Parish, shall prime all other liens except those for taxes and prior recorded local or special assessments.

(d) If there are one or more property mortgages on such parcel and the mortgage holder or holders have notified the tax collector in St. Tammany Parish of such recorded mortgage in accordance with the requirements of R.S. 47:2180.1, a district, prior to proceeding against such parcel for failure to pay a parcel fee, shall give notice to each mortgage holder of the amount of the parcel fee due and owing on such parcel and that such parcel fee must be paid within twenty days after the mailing of the notice or proceedings will be commenced against the parcel. Such notice shall be sent to each such mortgage holder by certified mail return receipt requested or made by personal or domiciliary service on such mortgage holder.

(4) To incur debt and issue bonds payable in whole or in part from an irrevocable pledge and dedication of all or a portion of the proceeds of a parcel fee, provided that the question of funding said proceeds into bonds shall have been approved by a majority of the voters residing in such district voting at an election held therein, except that in a district having less than twenty-five eligible voters all voters must approve. Such bonds may be sold at public or private sale and shall be issued pursuant to the provisions of a resolution adopted by the governing authority of such district. The bonds shall mature over a period not to exceed the period for which the parcel fee, the proceeds of which are to be used to pay principal and interest on the bonds, is authorized. Such bonds and the income therefrom shall be exempt from taxation by the state of Louisiana and by any parish, municipality, or political subdivision thereof.

(5) To incur debt and borrow money as otherwise provided by law, including but not limited to the right to issue certificates of indebtedness pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 33:2921 through 2925, inclusive, subject to the approval of the State Bond Commission.

(6) To cooperate with and enter into cooperative endeavor agreements with agencies of the United States of America or the state and its various departments and political subdivisions, including public improvement districts and the city of Covington, for the construction, acquisition, operation, and maintenance of public improvements, including but not limited to water, sewerage, paving, and drainage facilities or to accomplish the purpose for which the public improvement district is created.

D. As used in this Section, "parcel" means a lot, a subdivided portion of ground, or an individual tract.

Acts 1992, No. 968, §1, eff. July 9, 1992.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:160 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 160
Returns of election; recording returns; proclaiming result; effect of vote favoring annexation
Status: in_force

A. The returns of such election shall be made to the municipal authorities of the city or town within forty-eight hours after the closing of the polls. The returns of election shall be likewise recorded and transcribed in the public record-book wherein the ordinances or official proceedings of the municipal authorities are usually recorded; and the municipal authorities shall within ten days thereafter make public proclamation of the result of such election by publication for ten days in one or more newspapers published in the city or town, or if there be none, by posting as required in sheriff's and constable's sales; and if a majority in number and value of the qualified electors residing in the territorial corporate limits of such city or town as theretofore established and constituted, voting at such election, have voted in favor of the proposed annexation of such lots or land, the lots or land proposed to be annexed, shall, from the expiration of the proclamation of the result of the election, be annexed to, included in and constitute part of the corporate limits of the city or town and be subject to the jurisdiction, control, and authority of the municipal authorities of the city or town as fully, and to all intents and purposes as if, the same had been originally included in the corporate limits thereof.

B. The municipal governing authority shall furnish, by electronic medium, the registrar of voters and the secretary of state a copy of all municipal ordinances annexing territory within fifteen days after adoption of such ordinances, as well as a map and written description of all newly annexed territory. If the municipal governing authority does not have the ability to submit the information required by this Subsection by electronic medium, the governing authority shall submit the information by certified mail or commercial courier.

C. As used in this Section, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them by this Subsection:

(1) "Commercial courier" means any foreign or domestic business entity having as its primary purpose the delivery of letters and parcels of any type which acquires a signed receipt from the addressee, or the addressee's agent, of the letter or parcel upon completion of delivery and has no direct or indirect interest in the outcome of the matter to which the letter or parcel concerns.

(2) "Electronic medium" means by electronic mail or facsimile.

Acts 1986, No. 669, §2; Acts 2016, No. 294, §1, eff. May 31, 2016.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.33 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2740.33
Broussard redevelopment districts
Status: in_force

A. The governing authority of the town of Broussard is hereby authorized, subject to the provisions of this Section, to create by ordinance a Downtown Development District and other similar districts for redevelopment purposes in other areas wholly within the incorporated limits of the town. The ordinance creating any such district shall set forth the area or areas of the town to be included in the district.

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

C.(1) The governing authority of the district shall be a board of commissioners, hereinafter sometimes referred to as a "board", consisting of five members appointed by the Broussard board of aldermen. Two of the members shall be appointed directly by the board of aldermen. Two of the members shall be appointed from a list of nominees submitted by the mayor of the town of Broussard. One member shall be appointed from a list of three nominees submitted by the Broussard Economic Development Corporation. If any list of nominees provided for herein is not submitted by any nominating group or person within fourteen days after notification by the board of aldermen, the board of aldermen may appoint a member of its own choosing. Each member of the board of commissioners shall own property or operate a business in the district or shall be an officer of a corporation or other business entity owning property or operating a business in the district. The board of aldermen may remove any member for cause.

(2) The terms of the initial members shall be as follows: two shall be appointed for a term of one year, two for a term of two years, and one for a term of three years. The length of the term of each individual appointed shall be determined by lot at the first meeting of the board. Thereafter appointments shall be for terms of three years and shall be made in the manner provided in this Subsection. Vacancies occurring prior to the expiration of a term shall be filled in the manner provided in this Subsection for the unexpired term.

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

(4) The board may employ an executive director and such other employees as are necessary to carry out the functions of the district.

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

(2) The board shall formulate a redevelopment plan or plans for the district and submit any plan to the board of aldermen for review and approval. The board of aldermen shall adopt or reject such plan by a majority vote of its members. Modifications of such plan may be proposed and shall be approved or rejected in the same manner. The board of commissioners shall formulate a program or programs to implement any redevelopment plan so approved by the board of aldermen. Such a program shall implement the various plans in such a manner as to aid and encourage private development of the area and to promote and coordinate public development. In formulating such a program, the board may conduct studies and may consult with all departments of the town of Broussard and other public or private agencies concerned with matters affecting or affected by the program.

(3) The board of aldermen shall review and consider any proposed development program submitted to it by the board of commissioners and shall adopt or reject such proposal by a majority vote of its members. If the board of aldermen rejects the proposed program, it shall notify the board of commissioners of its action, and the board of commissioners may again prepare and submit its recommendations to the board of aldermen in accordance with the procedures provided in this Subsection. When the board of aldermen adopts a development program, it shall become final and conclusive, including any tax proposal, as provided in this Subsection. However, the board of aldermen may amend the development program by a majority vote of its members.

(4) Each proposal submitted shall set forth the projects recommended, the estimated cost thereof, recommendations for funding, and such other information as required by this Section or by the board of aldermen.

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

(6) The board shall prepare each year an annual budget of revenues and expenditures and all expenditures of the district shall be made in accordance with the budget. The budget shall not be final and effective until approved by the board of aldermen. All amendments to the budget shall be similarly approved by the board of aldermen.

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

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

(3) Any ad valorem tax levied by the district, including both taxes levied under Paragraph (1) of this Subsection or levied to provide for payment of bonds authorized under Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, being special ad valorem taxes, shall be subject to homestead exemption as provided by Article VII, Section 20 of the Constitution of Louisiana; however, the district shall not share in the Revenue Sharing Fund as a result of the taxes.

(4) No ad valorem tax may be levied under the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection nor may any bonds be issued under the provisions of Paragraph (2) of this Subsection unless authorized by a majority of the electors of the district who vote at an election held for that purpose in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Louisiana Election Code after the State Bond Commission and the board of aldermen have authorized the district to hold such an election.

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

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

Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 21, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4092 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4092
Extension of systems
Status: in_force

The extension of the sewerage, water and drainage systems shall be made, as far as practicable, in areas adjacent to inhabited portions of the city, divided into squares and lots, and where dedicated streets are open and in use as such, or wherever hereafter opened, dedicated and in use.

Added by Acts 1952, No. 262, §8.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.82 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2740.82
Bonds and notes; miscellaneous
Status: in_force

A. The district may issue bond anticipation notes in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 39:1460.1 et seq.

B. The district may issue short-term revenue bonds for paying any of the expenses of the district in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 39:1470 et seq.

C. The district may issue refunding bonds in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 39:1444 et seq.

Acts 2003, No. 904, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2568 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2568
Effect of other laws
Status: in_force

This Part shall not be rendered ineffective by any general law affecting employees or departments of municipalities, parishes or fire protection districts in matters of classified civil service.

Acts 1964, No. 282, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4160.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4160.2
Notice of intention to establish system; objections
Status: in_force

A. Any municipality or parish taking advantage of this Chapter 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 gas 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 served, and the manner of payment therefor. 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. 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. 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 municipality or parish shall not order the construction of the proposed improvements in the event there are filed at the public hearing written objections to the proposed improvements signed by the resident property owners owning more than one-half of the total front foot of property which will be assessed to pay the cost of said improvements, if the assessments are to be on a front foot basis, or 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. Such majority shall be determined after considering the front footage or square footage of all properties to be assessed and the owners of such portion shall be determined by the conveyance records of the municipality or parish.

Acts 1990, No. 782, §1, eff. July 24, 1990.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:4574.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 4574.8
City of Alexandria; additional tax; rate
Status: in_force

A. The Alexandria City Council may levy and collect a tax upon the paid occupancy of hotel rooms located within the downtown area in the city of Alexandria designated by the city council. The tax shall be one percent of the rent or fee charged for such occupancy and may be levied and collected whether or not the city council levies and collects the tax authorized by R.S. 33:4574.7. The tax shall be paid by the person who exercises, or is entitled to, occupancy of the hotel room and shall be paid at the time the rent or fee for occupancy is paid. The tax shall be imposed by ordinance adopted by the city council, and the ordinance may provide for necessary rules and regulations for imposition, collection, and enforcement of the tax.

B. The net proceeds of the tax after deduction of reasonable collection expenses shall be made available to the Alexandria/Pineville Area Convention and Visitors Bureau for advertising, promotion, and marketing of conventions and tourism. The books of the parish tourist commission shall be audited by an independent certified public accountant annually, and the accountant shall make a written report of his audit to the city council.

Acts 1991, No. 992, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:154 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 154
Notice of election
Status: in_force

A. Any election shall be held under the general election laws and preceded by a notice of ten days or more in one or more newspapers published in such city or town, or if there is none, by posting as required in sheriff's and constable's sales. The notice shall set forth specifically the manner in which such election is to be conducted and the boundaries and description of such lots or land proposed to be annexed to and included in the corporate limits of such city or town. It shall designate the polling place and the names of the commissioners of election, as well as the manner of counting the votes and making the returns.

B. In addition to the requirements of Subsection A of this Section, in the parish of Ascension, at least thirty days prior to an election held pursuant to this Section, the municipal governing authority shall provide written notification of the upcoming election to the governing authority of the parish.

Acts 2022, No. 223, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:9106.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 9106.2
Fixed rate service charge; Orleans Parish
Status: in_force

A. Many facilities utilized by the Orleans Parish Communication District, created pursuant to Act 155 of the 1982 Regular Legislative Session, and much equipment necessary for the reception of 9-1-1 emergency telephone calls, along with the dispatching of emergency responders, was damaged and greatly compromised by Hurricane Katrina, thus endangering the health and well-being of the citizens of Orleans Parish. It is the purpose of this Section to fund the repair and improvement of necessary equipment and facilities needed for this vital infrastructure in the parish of Orleans through fixed rate service charges.

B.(1) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the governing authority of the Orleans Parish Communication District may, by favorable vote of a majority of the members of the governing authority voting on the motion, a quorum being present, establish a fixed rate emergency telephone service charge for 9-1-1 services. The fixed rate emergency telephone service charges shall be collected and remitted in the same manner as service charges are currently collected.

(a) Such service charges shall not exceed the following amounts:

(i) One dollar per exchange access line serving residential service users.

(ii) Two dollars per exchange access line serving commercial service users (not to exceed one hundred lines per user).

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph, such service charges shall not exceed the following amounts if approved by the electors as provided in Subsection D of this Section:

(i) Two dollars per exchange access line serving residential service users.

(ii) Three dollars per exchange access line serving commercial service users (not to exceed one hundred lines per user).

(iii) One dollar and twenty-six cents per month per wireless commercial mobile radio service connection.

(iv) Two dollars per month per residential interconnected voice over Internet protocol service access line equivalent.

(v) Three dollars per month per commercial interconnected voice over Internet protocol service access line equivalent.

(c) For purposes of this Paragraph:

(i) "Interconnected voice over Internet protocol service" shall have the meaning provided in CFR Title 47, Section 9.3.

(ii) "Access line equivalent" shall mean each telephone number issued to a voice over Internet protocol customer. However, if the telephone numbers issued to a customer exceed the available capacity for simultaneous outward calls to be connected to the public switched telephone network, the access line equivalent shall be equal to the capacity for simultaneous outward calls to the public switched telephone network.

(2) If the proceeds generated by the fixed rate emergency telephone service charges exceed the amount of monies necessary to fund the district, the district governing authority shall, by resolution, reduce the service charge rate to an amount adequate to fund the district. In lieu of reducing the service charge rate, the district governing authority may suspend such service charge, if the revenues generated therefrom exceed the amount of monies necessary to fund the district. The district governing authority may, by resolution, reestablish the original emergency telephone service charge rate or lift the suspension thereof, if the amount of monies generated is not adequate to fund the district.

C. Notwithstanding R.S. 33:9108(E), the authority for the Orleans Parish Communication District to levy and collect a fixed rate emergency telephone service charge pursuant to this Part shall continue on and after December 31, 2009. However, on or after January 1, 2010, the district may, by favorable vote of a majority of the members of the governing authority voting on the motion, a quorum being present, reestablish the original emergency telephone service charge in effect prior to August 15, 2006, upon which the district may no longer levy and collect the fixed rate emergency service charge for 911 services authorized by this Section.

D.(1) No service charge imposed pursuant to Subparagraph (B)(1)(b) of this Section shall become effective unless approved by the favorable vote of a majority of the electors of the district voting on the proposition at an election held for such purpose.

(2) Monies collected pursuant to Subparagraph (B)(1)(b) of this Section by the Orleans Parish Communications District shall be made available to such district and shall not be diverted for use by any other entity or for any purposes other than those served by such district.

Acts 2006, No. 635, §1; Acts 2009, No. 315, §1; Acts 2012, No. 649, §1; Acts 2024, No. 710, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2493 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2493
Admission to tests
Status: in_force

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

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

(b) Any employee of the Lake Charles Police Department who served in the armed forces of the United States, upon his return from training or active duty deployment shall be allowed admission to a promotional test he would have otherwise been qualified and eligible for if the prior date of the promotional test was during his official training, active training exercise, or active duty deployment.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(e) Has been found cheating on an exam;

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

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

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

C. Any applicant admitted to the competitive examinations which may be called for by the state examiner under the provisions of R.S. 33:2492(2) shall be a citizen of the United States and of legal age.

Amended by Acts 1980, No. 839, §1; Acts 1997, No. 589, §1, eff. July 3, 1997; Acts 1997, No. 1426, §1; Acts 2003, No. 1150, §1, eff. July 2, 2003; Acts 2004, No. 645, §§1, 2, eff. July 5, 2004; Acts 2006, No. 212, §2, eff. July 1, 2006; Acts 2016, No. 178, §1; Acts 2019, No. 224, §1; Acts 2022, No. 400, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2406 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 33 / Section 2406
Pay plan
Status: in_force

The director, after consultation with the appointing authorities concerned and resort to other measures of investigation and research which he deems desirable, shall cause to be prepared and submit to the commission for approval a pay plan for the classified service, comprising a scale of rates for each class. Each scale of rates shall be determined with due regard to the scales of rates for other classes, and to the relative difficulty and responsibility of the characteristic duties of positions of the class, the minimum qualifications requisite therefor, the prevailing rates of pay for similar employments outside the service, economic considerations, and any other factors that may properly be considered to have a bearing upon the fairness or adequacy of the rates of the pay plan. He shall also, from time to time, recommend changes in the pay plan rendered desirable by changes in classes, economic conditions, or other factors. The pay plan and change therein shall become effective for budget purposes when approved by the mayor with the consent of the governing body of the city, and shall be given effect to the extent expressly approved by the governing body or impliedly so approved by the making of appropriations based on estimates and recommendations of the mayor in terms of the rates of such plan.

The scale of rates for any class shall consist of a minimum rate, a maximum rate, and such intermediate rates as may appear to be necessary or equitable. Original appointment to any position of a class shall be at the minimum rate for the class, except that in unusual cases where economic or employment conditions warrant, the director may, with the approval of the commission, upon recommendation of the appointing authority, authorize appointment at a higher rate within the scale of rates for that position. When an employee is promoted, his pay shall be fixed at the minimum rate for the new class or shall remain at his last rate in his former position, whichever is the higher. When a regular employee is demoted, his pay shall be fixed at the maximum rate for the new class or shall remain at his last rate in his former position, whichever is lower. If a former employee is reinstated or reemployed in a position, his pay shall be fixed at the same rate as his last rate in his former position, if the former rate is within the scale for the class of the new position, and, if not, at the rate within the scale of the new position which is nearest his former rate. The rate of pay of any employee may be decreased under the conditions and subject to the procedural requirements hereinafter prescribed in this Part. The pay of all positions in the classified service shall be determined with reference to the pay plan in effect and in accordance with the provisions of this Part regardless of any provisions of law or appropriation for any different salary rate or mode of payment for any position. No employee in such service shall be paid any compensation for service as such except in accordance with the rate fixed under the provisions of this Part, and the rules adopted under its provisions. The rules shall provide for the procedures in making increases in pay within a range. The rules may provide for the payment of employees temporarily employed to meet special and unusual situations or for particular projects on completion of which their services will not be needed further, at rates not exceeding the prevailing rates or not more than fifty per cent higher than those provided for continuous employment under the maximum rates of such pay plan.

At the time of taking effect of a pay plan prescribed as herein provided, or any amendment thereto establishing or changing the scale of rates for any class, or any reallocation of a position under the provisions of this Part, the rates of employees in the positions of any class for which a scale of rates is so established, changed, or reallocated, shall be adjusted, within the limits of appropriations provided, as follows:

(1) The rate of any employee who is paid at less than the minimum rate of the scale prescribed for his class shall forthwith be increased to such rate.

(2) The rate of any employee who is paid at any one of the specified rates of the scale prescribed for his class shall not be changed by reason of the new scale.

(3) The rate of any employee who is paid at a rate between the minimum rate and the maximum rate of the scale prescribed for his class, but not corresponding with any specified rate of such scale, shall not be changed.

(4) The rate of any employee who is paid at a rate in excess of the maximum rate of the scale prescribed for his class shall not be changed, nor, except in disciplinary cases, may the rate be changed so long as the employee remains in a position in that class or in a position of a similar class to which he may be transferred.

The rates of pay prescribed in the pay plan provided under the requirements of this Part shall be deemed to be the rates prescribed for full-time employment for the regularly established working hours, in any period for which payment is to be made, subject to provisions made under any provision of law for holidays and leave of absence with pay. When part-time service in any position is authorized or rendered, involving less than the regularly established number of hours of service in any period, the actual compensation to be paid shall be determined by the relation that the actual number of hours of service authorized and rendered bears to the number of hours of service involved in full-time employment. It shall be permissible to pay equivalent compensation on any other time basis than that expressed in the pay plan, when the interests of the service so require, but the rate of pay for the time unit employed shall be in the same ratio to the rate prescribed under the pay plan as the ratio of such time to the number of such units involved in full-time employment under the unit on which the prescribed rate of the pay plan is based, except as otherwise expressly provided herein. In any case in which any allowance is provided in addition to cash salary, such as meals, lodging, living quarters, laundry, and the like, including maintenance provided for others on behalf of the employee, but not including reimbursement of actual and necessary expenses authorized and incurred as incidents to the employment, all such allowances shall be treated as compensation in kind, involving part payment of the amount payable under the rate prescribed, and shall be deducted from the money amount payable to the extent of their cash value, as appraised by the director. Wherever part of the compensation or pay of any position is paid from a different appropriation, fund, or account, from that from which any other part of such compensation is paid, or is derived from any agency, outside the service of the city, all such part payments shall be deducted from the amount payable for any period under the rate prescribed, to determine the actual cash payment due the employee in such position for such period, so that the total compensation or pay received from all sources shall not exceed the amount payable under the rate prescribed. In any case in which the compensation or pay received from outside sources exceeds the amount payable under the rate prescribed under the provisions of this Part the employee concerned shall pay the excess into the city treasury to the credit of the general fund. No payment or allowance shall be made to any employee in respect of any service rendered by him for the city either in the discharge of his ordinary duties, or in the performance of other duties imposed upon him or which he may undertake to perform, that will have the effect of causing his total compensation or pay for any period to exceed the amount authorized hereunder, as determined by the rate prescribed, except when expressly authorized under any provisions made by due authority for payment for overtime work in excess of the hours required for full-time employment.