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LA Rev Stat § 38:1674.7 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1674.7. Signature on certificates and coupons; form of endorsement

RS 1674.7 - Signature on certificates and coupons; form of endorsement  The said drainage certificates shall be signed by the president and secretary of the board of commissioners for, on behalf of, and in the name of the district and under the seal thereof. Any interest coupons shall be signed with the facsimile signature of the said officers, and before delivery thereof, the certificates shall be registered in the mortgage records of the parish in which the district is located as to the serial number or numbers, amount, rate of interest and dates due. Each of the said certificates shall bear the following endorsement, viz.:  "This certificate registered in the Mortgage Records of the Parish of ________________, on this the ______ day of __________, 19__. _____________________________________ Clerk of Court and Ex-Officio Recorder of Mortgages, Parish of __________, Louisiana."  Added by Acts 1962, No. 144, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1674.8 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1674.8. Sale of certificates; disposition of funds

RS 1674.8 - Sale of certificates; disposition of funds The board of commissioners issuing such drainage certificates may by resolution empower and authorize its president and its secretary to negotiate and deliver such drainage certificates and collect the purchase price thereof and do any and all things necessary and incidental thereto, and the funds derived from the sale of the said certificates shall be expended solely in payment of the costs of the improvements herein authorized, and shall not be drawn upon for any other purpose whatsoever.  Added by Acts 1962, No. 144, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1674.9 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1674.9. Nature of certificates

RS 1674.9 - Nature of certificates  Drainage certificates issued hereunder shall have all the requisites of negotiable paper under the law merchant, and shall not be invalid for any irregularity or defect in the proceedings for their issuance, sale or delivery, and shall be incontestable in the hands of bona fide purchasers or holders for value thereof.  Added by Acts 1962, No. 144, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1674.10 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1674.10. Contesting validity

RS 1674.10 - Contesting validity  No contest or proceeding to question the validity or legality of any resolutions or ordinances adopted or proceedings had under the provisions of R.S. 38:1674.1 through R.S. 38:1674.10 shall be begun in any court by any person for any cause whatsoever after the expiration of thirty days from the date when the resolution, ordinance or proceeding was published, and after such time the regularity of such resolution, ordinance, or proceeding shall be conclusively presumed. If the validity of any certificates issued under the provisions hereof is not raised within thirty days from the date of publication of the resolution or ordinance issuing said certificates and fixing their terms, the authority to issue said certificates, the legality thereof and of the local or special assessments necessary to pay the same shall be conclusively presumed and no court shall thereafter have authority to inquire into such matters.  Added by Acts 1962, No. 144, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1674.11 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1674.11. Arrangements under Local Services Law

RS 1674.11 - Arrangements under Local Services Law  The district, through its board of commissioners, may engage jointly in the exercise of any power, the making of any improvement, or the promotion and maintenance of any undertaking authorized under this Part, with any one or more special districts or other political subdivisions of this state and all of such arrangements shall be undertaken and concluded under the provisions of the Local Services Law (R.S. 33:1321 et seq.).  Added by Acts 1970, No. 617, §5.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1674.14 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1674.14. Sunset Drainage District of St. Charles Parish; acreage tax

RS 1674.14 - Sunset Drainage District of St. Charles Parish; acreage tax  The governing authority of the Sunset Drainage District of St. Charles Parish may annually levy an acreage tax in an amount not to exceed twenty dollars per acre on each acre of land in the district for the purpose of improving, operating, and maintaining any drainage facilities, including but not limited to pumps, drains, levees, and other drainage works. Said tax shall be levied and collected in the manner provided in R.S. 38:1619(C), (D), and (E).  Acts 1989, No. 720, §1, eff. July 8, 1989.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1675 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1675. Application of Part

RS 1675 - Application of Part  The provisions of this Part shall apply only to drainage districts organized under Article XV of the Constitution of Louisiana of 1921, or reorganized under the provisions of this Part, for the purpose of draining and reclaiming the undrained marsh, swamp and overflowed lands in the State of Louisiana that must be leveed and pumped in order to be drained and reclaimed, and nothing in this Part shall apply in any way to gravity drainage districts as provided for in Article XIV of the constitution. This Part shall be considered the general law on the subject of drainage or reclamation districts under which all drainage or reclamation districts created in the future must organize.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1676 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1676. Tax sale properties; confirmation of title

RS 1676 - Tax sale properties; confirmation of title  A. Where drainage districts organized under Article 15 of the constitution of 1921, and R.S. 38:1601 through 38:1675, have acquired property located in said districts at tax sales made by the sheriffs and ex-officio tax collectors of the parishes wherein such sales were made, and the three year period in which the property may be redeemed shall have expired, that all right, title, and interest in and to said property be and the same is hereby ratified and confirmed unto said districts, and the said districts shall have the right to sell at public or private sale, said lands in whole or in such parts as may be deemed proper and advisable by said districts, and under such terms and conditions as may be deemed advisable by said districts.  B. Where judgments have been obtained against any such districts by the holders of outstanding bonds for the amount of any outstanding bonded indebtedness and pursuant to such judgments execution has been levied against said districts, and the properties of the district have been purchased at execution sale, including properties acquired at tax sales, and the three year redemption period has expired, any such sales, and the titles thereby acquired are hereby fully ratified and confirmed so as to invest in any such purchaser full and unencumbered fee title.  Added by Acts 1962, No. 332, §§1, 2.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1677 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1677. Police juries as governing authority

RS 1677 - Police juries as governing authority  A. Where the police jury creating a drainage district determines that the board of commissioners of any such district has failed to hold meetings during a period of five years, the said police jury may adopt an ordinance in which it shall enter a finding of fact that no such meetings have been held by the board of commissioners of said drainage district during the five years preceding the adoption of said ordinance, such determination to be final and conclusive, and shall declare the offices of the board of commissioners to be vacated.  The police jury shall, thereupon, become the governing authority of said district, and shall succeed to all of the powers and duties of the board of commissioners of said district, expressly invested with the powers, rights, privileges and immunities of the antecedent board of commissioners, as defined under Article 15 of the constitution of 1921, and R.S. 38:1601 through 38:1675, as amended, and under the constitution and laws of the state of Louisiana. No right of action shall exist nor remedy be allowed or exercised against the police jury as the governing authority under any existing committal, contract or contracts consummated in the name of and on behalf of said district unless any such committal, contract or contracts were entered into by the district in pursuance to the provisions of Article 15 of the constitution of 1921, and R.S. 38:1601 through 38:1675, and acts amendatory thereof and under the constitution and laws of the state of Louisiana.  B. Where police juries have acted as the governing authorities of such drainage districts prior to August 1, 1962, each and every such act on the part of the police jury is hereby declared to have been done and performed and executed in accordance with law, and the acts of said police jury are hereby validated and declared legal and binding upon the district and the landowners thereof.  Added by Acts 1962, No. 331, §§1, 2.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1701 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1701. Creation of districts authorized

RS 1701 - Creation of districts authorized  For the purpose of draining and reclaiming the undrained or partially drained marsh, swamp, and overflowed lands in Louisiana that must be leveed and pumped in order to be drained and reclaimed, the police juries of the several parishes of the state are hereby empowered and required under the conditions hereinafter specified to create drainage districts.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1702 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1702. Creation upon petition of landowners

RS 1702 - Creation upon petition of landowners  Whenever the owners of a majority of contiguous undrained or partially drained lands in any drainage district heretofore organized or in process of organization under any previous or existing law of the state, or the owners of a majority of the lands in contiguous portions of two or more drainage districts, or the owners of a majority of lands in contiguous portions of one or more drainage districts and contiguous lands not in any drainage district, for the purpose of draining and reclaiming the undrained or partially drained marsh, swamp, and overflowed lands in Louisiana that must be leveed and pumped in order to be drained and reclaimed, shall petition the police jury of the parish in which the lands are situated, or in which the majority of the lands are situated, if in more than one parish, to create the lands into a drainage district, the policy jury shall create and form the drainage district. The petition shall be signed by the owners of a majority of the acreage to be included in the district, and shall be accompanied by a certificate of the clerk of court and ex-officio recorder of the parish or parishes in which the land is situated certifying to the ownership of the land to be included in the drainage district together with the acreage of each owner, as appears from the records of his office. If the ownership of any land is unknown, this fact shall also be made to appear by the certificate. The clerks of court and recorders of the parishes shall furnish the certificates.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1703 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1703. Approval of formation by Department of Public Works

RS 1703 - Approval of formation by Department of Public Works  No drainage district shall be created under this Part until the Department of Public Works has approved the formation of the district with respect to the body of land to be included therein, and has furnished the police jury a map approved by the Department of Public Works showing the lands which it is proper to include in the drainage district. If in the opinion of the Department of Public Works it is necessary to include in the district any high lands for the purpose of reclaiming the body of unreclaimed lands, the inclusion shall not invalidate the creation of the district or any proceeding taken in connection therewith, but the high lands shall be taxed only in the proportion, if any, as they shall be benefited by the reclamation and drainage works constructed in the district. The Department of Public Works when requested to do so by any police jury, by any drainage board affected, or by a majority of the land owners in the proposed district shall examine into and report its opinion or findings, and furnish all maps required to be given, made or furnished by it under the provisions of this Part.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1704 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1704. Organization of districts

RS 1704 - Organization of districts  The same forms and procedure, except as herein otherwise provided, shall be observed as to the creation and organization of drainage districts under this Part as are provided under R.S. 38:1601 through 38:1675. The drainage districts, created under the provisions of this Part, shall then be subject in all respects, except as herein otherwise provided, to the provisions of R.S. 38:1601 through 38:1675 except that the board of commissioners of the drainage district will not be required to follow the steps or requirements of these Sections which are inconsistent with or rendered unnecessary by the work that has already been done prior to organization. The creation of the drainage district shall not have the effect of in any way invalidating any indebtedness, liability or contract of any nature incurred under any former organization, but all indebtedness, liability, or contract shall attach to and become the debt or liability of the new organization or of the lands originally liable, until the debt or liability is fully paid and discharged. All debts owing to, and all property or contract rights, privileges, and immunities held or enjoyed under any former organization shall be held and enjoyed by the new district or the respective sub-districts thereof when the district shall organize under the provisions of this Part. No right of action shall exist nor remedy be allowed against any of the lands in any drainage district organized under the provisions of this Part by virtue of any contract or contracts made by or on behalf of any lands prior to its organization as herein provided for, which did not exist or was not allowed by statute against the lands prior to the time of organization as herein provided.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1705 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1705. Rights of district in which land formerly included

RS 1705 - Rights of district in which land formerly included  Where any lands included in a drainage district created under the provisions of this Part were liable together with other lands under prior organization for any indebtedness or contract, bonded or otherwise, and for the liquidation of which taxes were assessable and collectible, then and in that event, the governing authority of the drainage district or districts within which the lands were formerly included shall continue to levy and collect any and all taxes and charges for which the lands were liable under prior organization to the same extent, but no further, as if the lands had not been separately organized. The district or districts within which the lands were formerly included shall have no other rights, control, or authority over the lands than herein set forth. Where the lands were alone liable for any indebtedness or contract, bonded or otherwise, then and in that event, the governing authority of the drainage district or districts within which the lands were formerly included shall have no rights, control, or authority whatever over the lands after they shall have been separately organized.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1706 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1706. Interference with natural drainage

RS 1706 - Interference with natural drainage  No drainage district created under this Part shall in its levee construction interfere with the natural drainage of any contiguous territory without making provisions at its expense to furnish equivalent drainage to the contiguous territory.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1707 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1707. Exemption from laws forbidding inclusion in more than one district

RS 1707 - Exemption from laws forbidding inclusion in more than one district  No drainage district created or organized under the provisions of this Part shall be subject to the provisions of any law of this state forbidding land to be included within more than one drainage district and all drainage districts created under this Part are expressly exempted from these provisions.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1751 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1751. Creation of district by parish; designation

RS 1751 - Creation of district by parish; designation  A. The various parishes of the state, the parish of Orleans excepted, may create on their own initiative, from lands which drain by gravity, gravity drainage districts. These districts shall be known as "Gravity Drainage Districts" with the number which the police jury may designate. B. As used in this Chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the term "police jury" means the governing authority of the various parishes.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1752 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1752. Territory included; change of boundaries

RS 1752 - Territory included; change of boundaries  No gravity drainage district shall be created comprising the whole territory of a parish, nor shall it contain, within its limits, less than five landowners. The police jury, with the concurrence of the drainage commission may at any time prior to the incurring of debt, issuing of bonds, or levying tax, change the boundaries of the drainage district, so as to enlarge or diminish the limits, or to repeal entirely the ordinance creating the drainage district.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1753 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1753. Authority to create sub-districts

RS 1753 - Authority to create sub-districts  In all cases where gravity drainage districts have been, or will be, organized by the action of a police jury, or the joint action of two or more police juries, the police jury may create gravity sub-drainage districts therein in the manner and on the conditions provided in this Part.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1754 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1754. Creation of district upon petition of land owners; resolution

RS 1754 - Creation of district upon petition of land owners; resolution  The police jury shall create a gravity drainage district when petitioned by a majority in number of acres or a majority of the resident land owners in the area thus to be formed into a gravity drainage district where the area contains forty or less land owners and where the area contains more than forty land owners, then the gravity drainage district shall be created upon petition of twenty-five of the land owners of the district. This resolution creating the gravity drainage districts or the sub-drainage districts shall fix the boundaries thereof, and shall give to the district or sub-district a numerical designation, as follows:  Gravity Drainage District No. __ of the Parish of ______ or Gravity Sub-Drainage District No. __ of Gravity Drainage District No. __ of the Parish of ______.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1755 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1755. Districts subdivisions of state

RS 1755 - Districts subdivisions of state  Gravity drainage districts and gravity sub-drainage districts so created shall be sub-divisions of the state within the meaning of the Constitution and statutes of Louisiana relating to incurring debt and issuing bonds therefor.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1756 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1756. Publication of ordinance

RS 1756 - Publication of ordinance  Whenever gravity drainage districts or gravity sub-drainage districts are created or reorganized under the provisions of this Part, or lands have been added to a gravity drainage district or gravity sub-drainage district, as provided in R.S. 38:1799, a copy of the ordinance or ordinances of the police jury or police juries, duly certified to by the secretary, shall be published for thirty days in a newspaper published in the parish, or parishes in which the lands embraced in the gravity drainage or sub-drainage district lie, or if there is no newspaper published therein, the publication shall be made in a newspaper published in an adjoining parish and by posting in three public places in the district or sub-district, four publications in the newspaper once a week constituting publication for thirty days.
LA Rev Stat § 38:1757 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§1757. Contests and objections

RS 1757 - Contests and objections  Within thirty days from the date of the first publication any owner of property within the limits of the gravity drainage district or sub-drainage district may appeal to the courts for the purpose of contesting the action of the police jury or police juries, or urging any objection to the inclusion of his lands in the gravity drainage district or gravity sub-drainage district. After this time the action of the police jury or police juries shall be absolutely incontestable for any cause whatsoever, and it shall be conclusively presumed that the gravity drainage or sub-drainage district is regularly and legally created and that each and every acre of land in the gravity drainage or sub-drainage district is the character of land that should be included therein. No court shall be vested with jurisdiction to entertain any cause which calls in question the validity or regularity of the action of the said police jury in creating or re-organizing the gravity drainage or sub-drainage district, or raises the question of whether the lands located therein should have been included, drain naturally or by gravity, or will be benefited by gravity drainage works. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as requiring the board of drainage commissions of any gravity drainage or sub-drainage district to await the expiration of the thirty days limitation herein provided for, before proceeding to organize and do and perform all of the acts or things authorized to be done and performed by them under the provisions of this Part.