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LA Rev Stat § 33:3975 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3975. Exclusion of sewer certificates from municipal debt computation; exemption from taxation; security for public deposits

RS 3975 - Exclusion of sewer certificates from municipal debt computation; exemption from taxation; security for public deposits A. Sewer certificates issued under the provisions of this Sub-part shall not be included in computing the indebtedness of the municipality nor in determining any constitutional or statutory limitations upon the indebtedness of the municipality. B. All sewer certificates issued under this Sub-part shall be exempt from taxation. They shall be acceptable as security for any deposit of public funds. Acts 1950, Ex.Sess., No. 6, §§15, 16.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3976 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3976. Liberal construction; effect on other laws

RS 3976 - Liberal construction; effect on other laws A. This Sub-part shall be liberally construed to promote the purposes for which it is enacted. B. This Sub-part shall not repeal, modify, affect or supersede any law whatsoever on the same subject matter, but is intended to furnish additional means whereby municipalities may create sewerage districts and sub-districts and said sewerage districts or sub-districts heretofore or hereafter created may accomplish the objects and purposes provided for in this Sub-part. Acts 1950, Ex.Sess., No. 6, §§17, 18.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3980.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3980.1. Additional taxing authority

RS 3980.1 - Additional taxing authority A. In addition to all authority granted in this Chapter or by any other provision of law, the governing authority of any parish, municipality, or sewerage district which is authorized to provide sewage disposal systems may levy taxes on real property within the political subdivision for the purpose of funding any aspect of providing such system subject to the provisions of this Section. B. Such taxes may be levied in the form of ad valorem taxes or parcel fees which shall be levied on all taxable property within the political subdivision. C. Any such tax or fee shall be levied and collected and be due and owing annually. Such tax may be carried on the tax rolls for the parish in which such political subdivision is located and collected and such collection enforced in the same manner as parish ad valorem taxes. D. The governing authority of the political subdivision may 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 such taxes on property. E. The proceeds of the tax or parcel fee or of bonds secured by such tax or fee may be used by the political subdivision for any aspect of providing sewage disposal services, including but not limited to acquisition, construction, improvement, extension, operation, repair, or maintenance of all or any element of a sewerage system. F. No such tax or fee shall be levied nor any debt incurred nor bonds issued until such action is approved by a majority of the voters of the political subdivision voting at an election held for such purpose in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code. G. Any procedure established in this Chapter for the apportioning of costs associated with sewerage systems to those receiving services or otherwise directly benefiting from such system shall not apply in the exercise of the authority granted by this Section. Acts 1999, No. 1167, §1. NOTE: See Acts 1999, No. 1167, §1 relative to legislative intent.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3981 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3981. Establishment of system

RS 3981 - Establishment of system The governing authority of any sewerage district, either within or without the corporate limits of a municipal corporation, is hereby vested with full power and authority to establish, acquire, construct, improve, extend and maintain within said district a sewerage system or systems, including such sewerage disposal facilities as may be required, with all necessary equipment and installations in connection therewith, including such extensions as may be proper to connect said system or systems with the sewerage disposal facilities of the said district or any other disposal facilities whether within or without any such district, and it shall have full power and authority to levy and collect local or special assessments on the real property to be benefited thereby within the said district, or the area served within the said district, sufficient in amount to defray the total cost of said work, including the cost of street intersections and installations and connections necessary to connect said system with the main sewer system of the district or necessary to connect said system with any disposal facilities whether within or without the district, including the cost of establishing, constructing, improving and extending any such disposal facilities, whether by purchase, lease or otherwise, or including the cost of the construction of complete sewerage disposal facilities, either within or without the said district, all within the form and manner and subject to the limitations and restrictions herein contained. Amended by Acts 1950, No. 462, §1; Acts 1954, No. 622, §1; Acts 1958, No. 395, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3981.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3981.1. Extension of existing sewerage system by city of Shreveport

RS 3981.1 - Extension of existing sewerage system by city of Shreveport A. The city of Shreveport, after having been petitioned by sixty percent of the property owners within the area to be served which is outside of the municipal limits but within Caddo Parish, or by a vote of a majority in number and amount of the resident property taxpayers in such area voting at an election held for this purpose, is hereby vested with full power and authority in its discretion to establish, acquire, construct, improve, extend, and maintain outside of the limits of the municipality, but within the parish of Caddo, a sewerage system or systems, including such sewerage disposal facilities as may be required, with all necessary equipment and installations in connection therewith, including such extensions as may be proper to connect the system or systems with the sewerage disposal facilities of the municipality or any other available system or facilities, whether within or without the municipality. B. The city of Shreveport shall have full power and authority to levy and collect local or special assessments on the real property to be benefited thereby within the area to be served, sufficient in amount to defray the total cost of said work, including the cost of street intersections and installations and connections necessary to connect said system with the main sewer system of the municipality or necessary to connect said system with any disposal facilities whether within or without the municipality, including the cost of establishing, constructing, improving, and extending any such disposal facilities, whether by purchase, lease, or otherwise, or including the cost of the construction of complete sewerage disposal facilities, either within or without the municipality all within the form and manner and subject to the limitations and restrictions contained in this Subpart, except that the provisions of R.S. 33:3982 shall not apply. C. Any construction or improvements shall be performed in compliance of the provisions of R.S. 38:2212. The term "sewerage district" as used in this Subpart shall include the city of Shreveport. The election provided for in this Section shall be held in accordance with Chapter 6-B of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. Added by Acts 1982, No. 809, §1, eff. Aug. 4, 1982. Acts 1991, No. 170, §1; Acts 1991, No. 375, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3982 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3982. Notice of intention to establish system; objections

RS 3982 - Notice of intention to establish system; objections A.(1) Any sewerage district taking advantage of this Subpart shall, through its governing authority, be required to adopt a resolution giving notice of its intention to establish, acquire, construct, improve, extend, and maintain such sewerage system or systems and other improvements herein authorized, and embody therein, in a general way, the improvements contemplated, a list of streets or portions thereof or area or areas which are to be improved or sewered, and the manner of payment therefor. (2)(a) Such notice shall be signed by the chief executive officer of the governing authority and shall contain substantially all things set forth in said resolution, and shall set forth further that the authority ordering the giving of such notice will, in open session, on the date and at the time and place named, hear all objections to the proposed improvements and the manner of payment therefor. (b) Such notice of intention shall be published once a week for three consecutive weeks, the first at least fifteen days prior to the date set for the hearing in the official journal of the governing authority. B.(1) After hearing and passing on the objections, the governing authority may order the proposed improvements constructed in the manner hereinafter provided. However, the governing authority of any district shall not order the construction of the proposed improvements in the event there is filed at the public hearing written objections to the proposed improvements: (a) Signed by the resident property owners owning more than one-half of the total front feet of property which will be assessed to pay the cost of said improvements, if the assessments are to be on a front foot basis. (b) Signed by the resident property owners owning more than one-half of the total square footage of property which will be assessed to pay the cost of such improvements, if the assessments are to be on a square foot basis. (c) Signed by owners of one-half of the parcels in the district, if the improvements are to be funded by a parcel fee, or signed by owners of one-half of the value of the property subject to ad valorem taxation in the district, if the improvements are to be funded by ad valorem taxes. (2) Such majority shall be determined after considering the front footage, square footage, number of parcels, or value of all properties to be assessed and the owners of such portion shall be determined by the conveyance records or the tax assessor's records of the parish. Amended by Acts 1950, No. 462, §2; Acts 1958, No. 395, §2; Acts 1968, No. 74, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1167, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3983 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3983. Specifications; advertising for bids

RS 3983 - Specifications; advertising for bids  A. The governing authority of such district, after having given notice of its intention as above set forth and after disposing of all objections and having decided to order the construction of such improvements, may, without further delay, have the necessary plans and specifications for said work prepared and may authorize the advertisement for bids therefor, by the giving of notice calling for sealed bids for the construction of said work, said notice to be signed by the chief executive officer or purchasing agent of the district, and to be published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in the official journal of the district, or in any newspaper having general circulation in the parish where the district is located, the first insertion to be not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the reception and opening of the bids. Said notice shall contain a general description of work contemplated, shall refer to plans and specifications which shall be placed on file with the clerk, secretary or purchasing agent of the said governing authority, and shall designate the hour, date and place for the reception and opening of bids, and may provide either that the contractor be required to accept certificates of indebtedness hereafter authorized, if the governing authority elects to make such requirement, or that they may be sold in such a manner and at such time as the governing authority may elect.  B. Sewerage improvements authorized under the provisions of this sub-part may be combined, constructed and installed as a part of road or street paving improvements undertaken jointly by the district with a municipality, or parish, in which the district is located or with the Louisiana Department of Highways. Advertisements for bids on such joint projects shall be in accordance with the requirements of law applicable to road or street paving improvements ordered by any such municipality, parish, or the Louisiana Department of Highways, and it shall not be necessary that the project be advertised as otherwise provided in this section. Where sewer improvements authorized under the provisions of this Subpart are included in and constructed as an integral part of a road or street paving project being undertaken by a municipality or parish in which the district is located, or by the Louisiana Department of Highways, the lowest responsible bid received for the entire project shall govern, and assessments to be levied as hereinafter provided shall be based upon the total of the unit prices contained in the bid proposal and applicable to the sewer work included in the joint project.  Amended by Acts 1950, No. 462, §3; Acts 1964, No. 104, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3984 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3984. Awarding contract; resolution authorizing execution of contract

RS 3984 - Awarding contract; resolution authorizing execution of contract 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 § 33:3985 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3985. Statement of cost of improvement

RS 3985 - Statement of cost of improvement Any sewerage district, upon the award of any contract under the provisions of this Sub-part, shall forthwith require of the engineer of the district a duly certified statement or report, showing in detail the total cost of the improvements, including the cost of street intersections, engineers' and attorneys' fees, and all other expenses incidental to the cost. The report shall also show the amount of the cost chargeable to each lot or parcel of real estate to be benefited in the proportion that its area bears to the total area to be assessed, or in the proportion that its front footage bears to the total front footage to be assessed, as shall be determined by the governing authority, provided, however, that where the assessment is made on a front foot basis and any sewer line is constructed upon more than one side of any lot or parcel of real estate, the total front footage of such lot or parcel of real estate to be assessed shall be determined by taking the total front footage of said lot or parcel of real estate abutting all sewer lines to be constructed and dividing such total front footage by two. The report shall further describe each lot or parcel of real estate to be assessed with sufficient clearness to identify it. The words "front footage" as used in this Sub-part shall mean the footage of each lot or parcel of real estate abutting the right of way, street or sewer way along which the sewer line is constructed. Amended by Acts 1950, No. 462, §5; Acts 1958, No. 395, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3987 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3987. Certificates of indebtedness

RS 3987 - Certificates of indebtedness The governing authority of any such sewerage district complying with the provisions of this Sub-part, shall have the power and is hereby authorized to issue, execute, negotiate, sell and deliver negotiable interest-bearing coupon certificates of the district in an amount not exceeding the total amount of the installments or deferred payments as provided for in R.S. 33:3986, said certificates to bear interest not exceeding six per centum per annum, payable annually, and to mature serially over a period not exceeding twenty years, but in no event shall said certificates extend over a longer period of time than that provided for by the ordinance levying the local or special assessments which may be payable in annual installments. Said certificates shall be of such form, date, denomination and payable in principal and interest at such time and place as the governing authority may determine, and such certificates shall be secured by and payable in principal and interest from the irrevocable pledge and dedication of the funds to be derived from the special assessments hereinabove provided, which are payable in annual installments or deferred payments as provided for by this Sub-Part, which funds shall be set aside in a separate trust fund and shall not be drawn upon for any purpose other than to pay the principal and interest of said certificates. Amended by Acts 1950, No. 462, §7; Acts 1958, No. 395, §5.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3988 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3988. Additional assessments

RS 3988 - Additional assessments In the event the local and special assessments originally levied are insufficient for any cause whatsoever, to pay the principal and interest, or the principal or interest, in any one year of the said sewerage certificates outstanding at their respective maturity dates, then in that event the sewerage district issuing such sewerage certificates under the provisions of this Sub-part, through its governing authority, is hereby authorized, empowered and obligated by ordinance to levy and collect, at such time or times as may be necessary, an additional local or special assessment on each lot or parcel of real estate in the district or area involved, sufficient in amount to pay in full the said principal and interest, or the principal or interest of such sewerage certificates at their respective maturity dates. The amounts assessed in such ordinance or ordinances shall be due and collectible immediately on its passage and if not paid within thirty days from the date of its adoption, the governing authority of the sewerage district shall proceed against the property for the collection of the amount of the additional local or special assessment so levied, plus interest thereon and ten per cent additional for attorneys' fees. A certified copy of each ordinance providing for the levy and collection of such additional local or special assessment shall be filed with the clerk of court of the parish in which the sewerage district is located promptly upon its adoption, who shall forthwith record the same in mortgage records of the parish and when so filed and recorded shall operate as a lien and privilege against all the real estate therein assessed and shall prime all other liens except taxes, and prior recorded local or special assessments levied for streets or sewerage. Amended by Acts 1950, No. 462, §8; Acts 1958, No. 395, §6.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3989 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3989. Form and registration of certificates

RS 3989 - Form and registration of certificates  The said sewerage certificates shall be signed by the chief executive officer of the governing authority of any such sewerage district and by its clerk or secretary, for, on behalf of and in the name of the said district and under the seal thereof. The interest coupons shall be signed with the facsimile signature of the said officers, and before delivery thereof, they shall be registered in the mortgage records of the parish in which the sewerage 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 ____________, 20___. _______________________ Clerk of Court and Ex-Officio Recorder of Mortgages, Parish of ____________."  Added by Acts 1950, No. 462, §9.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3990 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3990. Sale and delivery of certificates; use of proceeds

RS 3990 - Sale and delivery of certificates; use of proceeds The certificates may be advertised for sale on sealed bids once a week for three consecutive weeks in the official journal of the sewerage district provided, however, the governing authority may reject any and all bids. If no bids are received or if all bids are rejected, the certificates may be sold by private sale within sixty days after the date advertised for the reception of sealed bids at a price not less than the best bid which shall have been received, or the sewerage district may contract to deliver the certificates to the contractor as hereinafter provided at a price not less than the best bid received at the advertised sale. The governing authority of the sewerage district issuing the certificates, may, by resolution, authorize the chief executive officer, and the clerk or secretary to negotiate and deliver the certificates and collect the purchase price therefor and do any and all things necessary and incidental thereto, or authorize the delivery to the contractor of all or any of the certificates in payment of their contractual obligation covering the improvements. The funds derived from the sale of the certificates shall be expended solely in payment of the costs of the improvements, and shall not be drawn upon for any other purpose. Added by Acts 1950, No. 462, §10. Amended by Acts 1958, No. 395, §7.
LA Rev Stat § 33:3991 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§3991. Certificates as negotiable paper

RS 3991 - Certificates as negotiable paper Sewerage 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 1950, No. 462, §11.