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LA Rev Stat § 33:3318 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3318. Participation by municipality

RS 3318 - Participation by municipality Any municipality proceeding under the authority of this Subpart may participate in the payment of the total costs of such project in the manner and to the extent that the governing authority of the municipality may determine, provided that any funds so used by the municipality shall be in such amounts as it may have available for such purpose and from sources other than the imposition of special assessments. Such participation by the municipality may be allocated to any one or more projects as the governing authority of the municipality may determine and the municipality may establish a reasonable formula providing adjustments and contributions for corner lots where street improvements are made on more than one side of a lot. Any contributions heretofore made by a municipality in accordance with this section are hereby ratified and confirmed. Added by Acts 1956, No. 430, §2. Amended by Acts 1958, No. 238, §1; Acts 1978, No. 428, §1, eff. July 10, 1978.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3319 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3319. Prescriptive period to question validity of proceedings

RS 3319 - Prescriptive period to question validity of proceedings No contest or proceeding to question the validity, legality, ranking, or status of any resolutions or ordinances adopted or proceedings initiated under the provisions of this Subpart, including but not limited to the ranking or status of such resolutions or ordinances operating as a lien and privilege as provided in R.S. 33:3306, shall be begun in any court by any person for any cause whatsoever, after the expiration of thirty days from the date when the resolution, ordinance, or proceeding was published, and after such time the regularity of such resolution, ordinance, or proceeding shall be conclusively presumed. If the validity of any certificates issued under the provisions of this Subpart is not raised within thirty days from the date of publication of the resolution or ordinance issuing said certificates and fixing their terms, the authority to issue said certificates, the legality, ranking, and status thereof and of the local or special assessments necessary to pay the same shall be conclusively presumed and no court shall thereafter have authority to inquire into such matters. Moreover, the time period for recordation of a debt as a privilege and lien as set forth in Civil Code Art. 3274 shall not apply to the ranking and status of a lien and privilege as authorized by R.S. 33:3306. Added by Acts 1956, No. 430, §3. Amended by Acts 1958, No. 238, §1; Acts 1988, No. 810, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3331 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3331. Petition for street improvement; power of municipality to improve and defray cost

RS 3331 - Petition for street improvement; power of municipality to improve and defray cost Upon the written petition of not less than sixty per cent of the resident abutting real estate owners in number and assessed valuation on the street or alley, or portion thereof to be improved, any municipality, the city of New Orleans excepted, may improve the streets and alleys or any part of them one block or more in length within its corporate limits, and may levy and collect special taxes or local assessments on the property abutting the street or alley to be improved for the purpose of defraying the entire cost of the improvement; and this shall include authority to levy and collect special taxes or local assessments on property located wholly or partly outside the corporate limits abutting such street or alley located entirely within the corporate limits. Amended by Acts 1950, No. 192, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3332 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3332. Abutting owner's liability; liability of owner of railway track in street

RS 3332 - Abutting owner's liability; liability of owner of railway track in street The entire cost of the improvement shall be paid by the owners of real estate abutting upon the street or alley, or portion thereof to be improved, according to the frontage of the property owned by them, provided that, where a railroad bed or track occupies a portion of the street or alley to be improved, the owner of the railway shall pay the entire cost of the paving of the space occupied by the roadbed, including the extra work made necessary by the presence of the track. In the event the railroad bed and track is owned by the municipality, it shall pay only for the extra work made necessary by the presence of the track in the street.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3333 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3333. Specifications; advertising for bids and awarding contract

RS 3333 - Specifications; advertising for bids and awarding contract Whenever the governing authority resolves to make an improvement under the provisions of this Sub-part, they shall prepare plans and specifications of the work to be placed on file in the office of the municipal clerk or engineer, and shall adopt an ordinance ordering and describing in general terms the contemplated improvement, and authorizing the clerk or secretary to advertise for bids therefor. The advertisements shall be inserted at least twice in some newspaper published in the city, the first insertion to be not less than ten days prior to the date fixed for the reception of the bids, and it 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 let the contract to the lowest responsible bidder who can furnish satisfactory security, but shall have the right to reject any and all bids, in which case the municipality may purchase the material and have the work done, the cost of the work when completed to be assessed and paid for as provided in this Sub-part.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3334 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3334. Acceptance of work; assessment of abutting property

RS 3334 - Acceptance of work; assessment of abutting property Upon the final and satisfactory completion of the work, the governing authority shall accept it by ordinance, and provide for the assessment of all abutting real estate and railroad tracks and roadbeds in the amounts due by the owners thereof, including such real estate as may be located wholly or partly outside of the corporate limits, according to the rule of apportionment stipulated in this Sub-part. A certified copy of the ordinance containing the assessment shall, within thirty days after its passage, be filed for record in the office of the recorder of mortgages in the parish in which the assessed property is located, and when so filed and recorded shall operate as a lien and privilege in favor of the municipality, or its transferees, against the real estate and railroad tracks therein assessed. Amended by Acts 1950, No. 192, §5; Acts 1954, No. 649, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3335 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3335. Enforcement of assessments

RS 3335 - Enforcement of assessments The amounts assessed in the ordinance shall be due and eligible immediately upon its passage, and if not paid within thirty days thereafter the municipality, or its transferees, may proceed by suit against the assessed properties and the owners thereof, to enforce collection of the amounts of the assessments together with six per cent per annum interest from date of acceptance, and ten per cent of the amount of the judgment as attorney's fees. Amended by Acts 1954, No. 650, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3336 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3336. Installment payments; notes evidencing deferred payments; municipality as abutting owner

RS 3336 - Installment payments; notes evidencing deferred payments; municipality as abutting owner The governing authority of the municipality may provide in the ordinance accepting the work and making the assessment that the property owners therein assessed (including the municipality where it owns property abutting on the street paved), availing themselves of the privilege within thirty days after the passage of the ordinance, may (1) pay in cash twenty per cent of the amount of their indebtedness and pay the balance in four equal annual installments, or (2) pay in cash ten per cent of the amount of their indebtedness and pay the balance in fifteen equal annual installments. As evidence of these deferred payments the property owners shall sign (1) four promissory notes, each for twenty per cent of the amount due and payable one, two, three and four years after date respectively, or sooner at the option of the maker, or (2) fifteen promissory notes each for six per cent of the amount due and payable one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen years after date respectively, or sooner at the option of the maker. In either case the notes shall be made payable to the order of the municipality, dated thirty days after the passage of said ordinance, bear interest at a maximum rate of six per cent per annum from date until paid, payable annually, and ten per cent attorney's fees if placed in the hands of an attorney for collection after maturity, which notes when paraphed by the clerk or secretary of the municipality to identify them with the ordinance levying the assessment, shall carry with them in the possession of any bona fide owner the lien and privilege above provided. In making the assessments for the work done as above provided the municipality shall be considered and treated as any other property owner as to lots or land owned by it abutting on the street or alley improved under this Sub-part, and the governing authority of the municipality shall have the right to issue certificates, notes, or other evidences of debt, to represent the deferred payments on its assessment, levied against it in the ordinance accepting the work and levying the assessment therefor and fixing the terms of payment. At the time of the issuance of the certificates, notes, or other evidences of debt the governing authority shall, by ordinance, provide for their payment and shall set aside, dedicate, and pledge so much of the general revenues of the municipality in each year, for the years through which the certificates, notes, or other evidences of debt may run, as may be necessary to pay them in principal and interest as they mature. This dedication and pledge shall be incorporated in the certificates, notes, or other evidences of debt when issued, and shall constitute a fixed charge against the general revenues of the municipality. Amended by Acts 1950, No. 525, §3; Acts 1954, No. 601, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3337 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3337. Transfer of assessments and notes to contractor; borrowing money; issuance of note and certificates of indebtedness

RS 3337 - Transfer of assessments and notes to contractor; borrowing money; issuance of note and certificates of indebtedness The assessments and the notes executed by the property owners, may be transferred by the city, without recourse, to the contractor at their face value, and the contractor, or his transferees shall enjoy the lien and privilege and all other rights provided in this Sub-part accruing to the municipality ordering the work. In the event that the municipality itself undertakes the work, it may borrow money to the extent of the estimated costs of material and work to be done, and as security, pledge the claim for costs, which it holds against the owners of the property abutting on the improvements, issuing temporarily and pending the completion of the improvement, its own note, bearing not more than six per cent per annum interest, which interest shall form a part of the cost of the improvements, and upon completion of the improvement, or each unit thereof, shall issue to the lender its certificate of indebtedness, bearing not more than six per cent interest per annum, to represent the unpaid portion of the money borrowed, payable according to the average maturities of the deferred payments, authorized under R.S. 33:3336 which certificates when tendered to the lender shall be accepted and operate as a cancellation pro tanto of the amount borrowed. Upon the tender to the lender of all certificates and cash collected and the transfer by the municipality to the lender of the judgments it may have obtained against defaulting assessment debtors or as much thereof as may be necessary to retire the loan in principal and interest, the loan shall be cancelled and the municipality relieved of all further liability therefor. The municipality may pledge the notes of the property owners as security for the payment of the certificates.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3338 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3338. Ratification of prior paving and assessments

RS 3338 - Ratification of prior paving and assessments All paving done and all assessments made in the manner permitted or authorized by R.S. 33:3301, 33:3305, 33:3306, 33:3331, and 33:3334, as amended by Act 192 of 1950, are hereby ratified and confirmed to the same extent and with the same effect as if specifically authorized prior to such Act. Acts 1950, No. 192, §6.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3351 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3351. Petition for street improvements; power of municipality to improve and defray cost

RS 3351 - Petition for street improvements; power of municipality to improve and defray cost Municipalities having a population exceeding five hundred and all incorporated parish seats, upon the written petition of the owners of not less than a majority of the lineal front footage of the property abutting on the street or alley may pave, gravel, macadamize, resurface, repair, or otherwise improve the streets, alleys and curbing, or any part of them one block or more in length, within the corporate limits, and may levy and collect special taxes or local assessments on the property abutting the street, curbing, alley or sidewalk for the purpose of defraying the cost of the improvement. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 343, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3352 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3352. Liability of owner of railway track in street

RS 3352 - Liability of owner of railway track in street In the event a railway bed or track, other than the one owned by the municipality, occupies a portion of a street or alley, the owner of the railway thereof shall pay of the total cost of the work the proportion that the area occupied by the railroad bed bears to the total area of the street or alley to be improved, and also the cost of extra work made necessary by the presence of the track in the street or alley to be improved.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3353 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3353. Liability of municipality

RS 3353 - Liability of municipality The municipality may pay of the total cost the proportion that the net area of the street intersections bears to the total area of the street, alley or curbing to be improved; and, in the event a municipally owned railroad is on the street or alley the municipality shall pay in addition only for the cost of the extra work made necessary by the presence of the track in the street or alley to be improved.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3354 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3354. Abutting property owners' liability

RS 3354 - Abutting property owners' liability The abutting property owners shall pay for the balance of the cost of the improvements, in proportion to the respective front footage of the properties owned by them and abutting on the street or alley to be improved.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3355 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3355. Petition for payment of entire cost by property owners

RS 3355 - Petition for payment of entire cost by property owners In lieu of the above, and upon the written petition of the owners of sixty per cent of the lineal front footage of the property abutting on any street or alley, the entire costs, of the improvements, shall be paid by the owners of the real estate abutting upon the streets or alleys, to be improved, according to the frontage of the property owned by them provided that where a railroad bed or track occupies a portion of the street or alley to be improved, the owners thereof shall pay the entire costs of paving of the space occupied by the railroad bed, including extra work made necessary by the presence of the track, and provided further that in the event the railroad bed or track, including street railroad bed or track, is owned by the municipality, it shall pay only for the extra work made necessary by the presence of the track in the street.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3356 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3356. Preparation of specifications; ordinance ordering improvement; advertising for bids and awarding contract

RS 3356 - Preparation of specifications; ordinance ordering improvement; advertising for bids and awarding contract 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 of the municipality shall then let the contract to the lowest responsible bidder who can furnish satisfactory security. The governing body may reject any and all bids, and instead of letting the contract to the lowest bidder, the municipality may purchase the material and have the work done, in which case the costs of the work when completed, shall be assessed and paid as herein provided.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3357 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3357. Acceptance of work; assessment and lien

RS 3357 - Acceptance of work; assessment and lien Upon final and satisfactory completion of the work, the governing authority shall accept it by ordinance or resolution and provide for the assessment of all abutting real estate, railroad tracks, and road beds in the amount due by the owners thereof, according to rules of apportionment adopted under the provisions of this Sub-part. A copy of the ordinance containing the assessment, certified by the clerk, shall, within thirty days after its passage, be filed for record in the office of the recorder of mortgages of the parish, and when so filed and recorded, shall operate as a lien and privilege in favor of the municipality or its transferees against the property assessed. Amended by Acts 1954, No. 602, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3358 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3358. Enforcement of assessment

RS 3358 - Enforcement of assessment The amounts assessed in the ordinance or resolution, shall be due and eligible immediately upon the passage of the ordinance or resolution and if not paid within thirty days after the passage of said ordinance or resolution, the municipality, or its transferees may proceed by suit against the assessed properties and the owners thereof to enforce collection of the amounts of the assessments, together with six per cent per annum interest from date of acceptance of the work and ten per cent of the amount of the judgment as attorney's fees. Amended by Acts 1954, No. 651, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3359 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3359. Installment payments; notes evidencing deferred payments

RS 3359 - Installment payments; notes evidencing deferred payments The governing authority of the municipality, however, may provide in the ordinance accepting the work and making the assessment, that the property owners availing themselves of the privilege within thirty days after the passage of the ordinance or resolution, may pay in cash ten per cent of the amount of their indebtedness and pay the balance in nine equal annual installments, and as evidence of the deferred payments, the property owners shall sign and execute nine promissory notes, payable to the order of the municipality, each for ten per cent of the amount due by him, dated thirty days after the passage of the ordinance accepting the work, maturing respectively on or before one to nine years, both inclusive, from date, or sooner, at the option of the owner, bearing a maximum rate of six per cent per annum interest from date, interest payable annually, and ten per cent attorney's fees if placed in the hands of an attorney for collection after maturity, which notes when paraphed by the municipal clerk or secretary to identify them with the ordinance levying the assessment, shall carry with them in the possession of any bona fide owner the lien and privilege above provided. Amended by Acts 1954, No. 603, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3360 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3360. Transfer of assessments and notes to contractor

RS 3360 - Transfer of assessments and notes to contractor The assessments and the notes executed by the property owners, may be transferred by the municipality, without recourse, to the contractor at their face value and the contractor or his transferees shall have the lien, privilege, and all other rights herein provided, accruing to the municipality.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3381 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3381. Street improvements authorized

RS 3381 - Street improvements authorized Municipalities, except New Orleans, having a population exceeding one thousand, and all incorporated parish seats may pave, gravel, macadamize, resurface, repair, or otherwise improve their streets and alleys and curbing, or any part of them one block or more in length within its corporate limits and may levy and collect special taxes or local assessments on the property abutting the street, curbing, alley, or sidewalk for the purpose of defraying the cost of the work. The costs shall include all expenses necessary in the performance of the work.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3382 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3382. Portion of cost chargeable to owner of railway track in street

RS 3382 - Portion of cost chargeable to owner of railway track in street In the event a railway bed or track, other than one owned by the municipality, occupies a portion of a street or alley, the owner of the railway shall pay of the total cost of the work the proportion that the area occupied by the railroad bed bears to the total area of the street or alley to be improved, and also the cost of extra work made necessary by the presence of the track in the street or alley to be improved.