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LA Rev Stat § 38:2105 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2105. Name of district

RS 2105 - Name of district  Irrigation districts created under this Part shall be known as irrigation districts, with any other name or number that the police jury may designate. The name suggested in the petition shall be designated by the police jury unless the same conflicts with the name of an existing irrigation district created by the police jury, in which event the police jury shall exercise its discretion in designating the name of the irrigation district.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2106 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2106. Domicile; change of domicile; meetings to be held at domicile

RS 2106 - Domicile; change of domicile; meetings to be held at domicile  In the ordinance creating an irrigation district under this Part, the domicile of the district shall be designated. The commissioners of an irrigation district may at any time, by resolution, establish a different domicile, within the district, after having given notice of intention to change the domicile. The notice shall be signed by the president or secretary of the commissioners, and published once a week for thirty days in a newspaper published in the parish of the then existing domicile, or if there is no newspaper in the parish, then in a newspaper published in an adjoining parish. After publication of the notice, the commissioner by resolution may make the change of domicile. A copy of the resolution, when adopted, shall be recorded in the mortgage office of each parish in which any part of the district is situated.  Irrigation districts created under this Part shall be sued only in the court of their domicile, and not at any other place.  All meetings of the board of commissioners shall be held at the domicile of the irrigation district. By unanimous vote of all of the commissioners composing the board at a meeting of the board held at the domicile, the board may designate a different place at which meetings of the board may be held, as may be by the board of commissioners deemed most convenient to the board and the persons having business transactions therewith.  In the ordinance creating irrigation districts, there shall be designated a time and place for the commissioners of the district to hold their organization meeting.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2107 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2107. Board of commissioners; qualifications; term; compensation

RS 2107 - Board of commissioners; qualifications; term; compensation  All irrigation districts formed or created under the provisions of this Part shall be governed and controlled by five commissioners to be known as a board of commissioners. Each commissioner must be a qualified elector of Louisiana and must reside within the limits of the district. He must be the record owner of lands in the district of an assessed value of two thousand dollars, or must be the representative of some corporation owning lands in the district of an assessed value of two thousand dollars. A representative of a corporation shall be designated to represent the corporation by resolution of the board of directors to that effect. The holding of the office of irrigation commissioner shall not be considered in contemplation of law as dual office holding. No commissioner, unless he is the secretary-treasurer, shall receive compensation for his services, but he shall receive actual expenses while attending to the business of the district.  Commissioners shall serve for a term of four years and until their successors shall have been appointed and shall have qualified. Vacancies in the office of commissioner due to death, resignation, or other cause, shall be filled by the remaining commissioners for the unexpired term.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2108 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2108. Appointment of commissioners

RS 2108 - Appointment of commissioners  In the ordinance creating an irrigation district under this Part, the police jury creating the district shall appoint the five commissioners who shall constitute the governing authority of the district, and who shall possess the qualifications, as provided in R.S. 38:2107, and who are named in the petition for the creation of the district.  Upon the expiration of the four year term of the commissioners, and every four years thereafter, the police jury creating the irrigation district shall appoint five commissioners who are recommended by landowners within the irrigation district, and where there is more than one person recommended for the same office, the police jury shall appoint the person otherwise qualified who is recommended by landowners owning the largest number of acres of lands in the district, outside of the corporate limits of incorporated towns and cities.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2109 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2109. Oaths of commissioners

RS 2109 - Oaths of commissioners  Before entering upon his official duties, each commissioner of an irrigation district created under this Part shall take and subscribe to an oath before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths, that he will honestly, faithfully, and impartially perform the duties devolving upon him as a commissioner of the irrigation district in which he was appointed, and that he will not neglect any of the duties imposed upon him by this Part. The oaths of the commissioners shall be recorded in the record book of the irrigation district.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2110 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2110. Officers of board; bond of secretary-treasurer

RS 2110 - Officers of board; bond of secretary-treasurer  At the time and place designated by the police jury in the ordinance creating the irrigation district, or as soon thereafter as possible, the commissioners appointed in the ordinance shall meet and immediately organize by electing officers as follows: They shall elect from among their number a president to preside over the meetings of the commissioners and to perform any other duties as are usually required of presidents of corporate bodies. The vice-president shall perform the duties of the president in case of his absence or disability.  The commissioners shall also elect a secretary-treasurer, who need not be a commissioner, who shall perform all duties required of him by the commissioners.  The secretary-treasurer shall furnish bond in a sum fixed by the board of commissioners, which bond shall not be for less than one-fourth over and above any amount that may come into the possession of the secretary-treasurer, and which bond shall be increased or diminished accordingly. The premium on the bond shall be paid by the district. The secretary-treasurer shall receive compensation, not in excess of two hundred fifty dollars per month, as the board of commissioners may determine.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2111 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2111. Seal; selection of bank; warrants

RS 2111 - Seal; selection of bank; warrants  The board of commissioners shall adopt a suitable seal and shall select without the necessity of advertising or receiving bids therefor one or more solvent chartered banks of the state. Funds of the district shall be withdrawn or paid out only on warrants or checks of the board of commissioners signed in the manner provided by the board of commissioners.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2113 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2113. Letting contracts

RS 2113 - Letting contracts  Any and all contracts of the district may be let by the governing authority thereof without advertisement, but the governing authority may provide for a public letting of any of its contracts if it sees fit, on the terms, and subject to the conditions, which it may fix in the ordinance calling for bids. The person to whom the contract is awarded shall furnish, within the delay fixed by the governing authority, a bond of a surety company authorized to do business in Louisiana, in the amount required by law relating to contracts for public works, and conditioned that the work shall be performed in accordance with the plans and specifications and the terms of the contract, and the governing authority thereof shall demand any other bonds and obligations which the laws relating to public contracts require the contractor to give.  The governing authority may execute any and all work with its own force and equipment and under its own supervision, or the work may be executed on behalf of and for the benefit of the district by the United States of America, or any agency, department or commission thereof, or any other body which is now or may hereafter be organized under the laws of the United States of America.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2114 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2114. Records to be kept

RS 2114 - Records to be kept  The board of commissioners of irrigation districts organized under this Part shall cause to be kept a well bound book, entitled "record book of board of commissioners of (here insert name of irrigation district)" in which shall be recorded the minutes of all meetings, all proceedings, certificates, oaths of commissioners, bonds of employees and contractors, and any and all corporate acts. The records shall be in the possession of the secretary of the board and shall be open to inspection at all times by any person interested.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2115 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2115. Employment of attorneys, engineers, etc.; compensation

RS 2115 - Employment of attorneys, engineers, etc.; compensation  The board of commissioners of every irrigation district created under the provisions of this Part, may employ an attorney or attorneys, and fix his or their compensation. The board of commissioners may employ engineers, clerks, and other agents and employees, and fix their compensation.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2116 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2116. Levy of acreage tax or forced contribution

RS 2116 - Levy of acreage tax or forced contribution  Any irrigation district created under this Part may, through its governing authority, when petitioned to do so by landowners owning a majority of the acres of land in the district, outside of the corporate limits of incorporated towns and cities, levy and impose and order the assessment and collection of an acreage tax or forced contribution, not exceeding ten cents per acre per year for a period not exceeding forty years on each acre of land in the district, for the purpose of maintaining and operating the irrigation district or any property necessary for the purposes of the district.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2117 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2117. Lands within corporate limits not to be taxed

RS 2117 - Lands within corporate limits not to be taxed  Lands within the corporate limits of incorporated towns and cities, although within the limits of an irrigation district, shall not be liable to taxation for any purpose under this Part, nor shall these lands be considered in calculating the number or proportion of acres of land required to sign any petition or make any recommendation under this Part. The owners of the lands shall not, by reason of the ownership, sign any petition or participate in any election required or permitted under this Part.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2118 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2118. Lands to be taxed

RS 2118 - Lands to be taxed  All lands included within the boundaries of any irrigation district, except those lands within the corporate limits of incorporated towns and cities, shall be taxed. The fact that water from the natural or artificial waterways within the district is not used on certain lands within the boundaries of the district does not exempt that land from taxation.  Amended by Acts 1956, No. 461, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2119 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2119. Elections called by board

RS 2119 - Elections called by board  Irrigation districts created under this Part, in order to carry out the provisions of this Part relative to the proper administration of the affairs of the district, through their governing authority, may call elections in accordance with the terms, conditions and provisions of Chapter 4, Sub-title II of Title 39, and in accordance with applicable provisions of the Constitution and other laws of Louisiana.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2120 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2120. Landowners may petition for bond election

RS 2120 - Landowners may petition for bond election  Whenever landowners, owning not less than twenty-five per cent of the total acreage of the land in an irrigation district outside of the corporate limits of incorporated towns and cities, shall petition the governing authority of the district to call an election to submit to the property taxpayers therein qualified to vote, a proposition to authorize the incurring of debt and issuing of bonds for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, leasing, maintaining, and operating canals, locks, dams, reservoirs, storage basins, dikes, ditches, levees, flumes, machinery, and other works, or for the purchasing of works already constructed, in the district, the governing authority of the district shall call a special election for the purpose of obtaining the will of the property taxpayers qualified to vote in the district, in regard to the proposition to incur debt and issue bonds, as petitioned for as aforesaid.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2121 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2121. Conduct of elections

RS 2121 - Conduct of elections  All elections herein authorized, and the details and procedure relating to the voting of taxes and issuance of negotiable bonds, polling places, qualifications of voters, list of voters, challenging votes, form of ballots, notice to voters, election officers and their substitutes, election officers and their oaths, voting, opening and closing of polls, counting ballots, canvass of returns, proces verbal, preservation of ballots, issuing bonds and the resolution authorizing issuance of bonds, limit of indebtedness, maximum duration, interest on bonds, form of bonds, and the signing of bonds, resolution prescribing terms, maturity, registration as to principal, as to interest, levy of taxes, sale of bonds, sale at par, and application of premium, exemption from taxes, no other statutes applicable, validity of bonds, contests and time limited, application of proceeds, and penalties for violations, etc., shall be held and had, except as herein otherwise provided, under the provisions of Chapter 4, Sub-title II of Title 39.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2122 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2122. Bonds sold at public sale

RS 2122 - Bonds sold at public sale  Bonds authorized to be issued by the irrigation districts shall be sold at public sale for a price not less than that fixed by law, after advertisement for three weeks, the first advertisement to be at least fifteen days prior to the date set for the sale in the official journal of the parish. The governing authority of the district may reserve the right to reject any and all bids.  Amended by Acts 1968, No. 69, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2123 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2123. Collection of taxes

RS 2123 - Collection of taxes  Assessors of the various parishes in which irrigation districts or portions thereof are located shall, upon the levy of acreage taxes by the governing authority of any irrigation district created under this Part, extend the taxes upon the assessment rolls of their respective parishes against all land liable for the taxes. The taxes shall be demanded and collected by the respective sheriffs and ex-officio tax collectors at the same time and in the same manner as they demand and collect state and parish taxes due on the same and other lands and property in their respective parishes. Each respective sheriff and ex-officio tax collector shall pay over and account for all taxes collected for account of any irrigation district, to the secretary-treasurer of the district at the same time that he pays over state and parish taxes, and he shall be allowed the same commission for the collection of irrigation taxes as he is allowed by law for the collection of state and parish taxes.  All of the articles and provisions of the Constitution of Louisiana of 1921, and all laws providing for, regulating, and governing the collection of state and parish taxes and the creation of tax liens, penalties and methods and procedure for sales for delinquent taxes, shall also apply to regulate and govern the collection of the assessments of taxes authorized to be imposed or levied under the provisions of this Part.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2181 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2181. Venue of suits

RS 2181 - Venue of suits  A. A suit to annul a public contract on the ground of fraud, illegality, or violation of the contract, may be instituted against a contractor either in the parish of the domicile of the contractor or in the parish where the real or personal property involved is located, or in the parish, or any one of the parishes wherein the work under the contract is to be performed.  B. A suit arising under any public contract regarding the construction, alteration, or repair of any public works or for the purchase of materials or supplies, may be instituted either in the parish in which the public entity is located or in any other parish where, by law, such action may be instituted.  C. Any other provisions of the law to the contrary notwithstanding, the parties to a public contract may stipulate in the contract that the venue of any possible litigation arising under such contract shall be in the parish in which the public entity is located.  D. A suit to enjoin the award of a competitively bid public contract shall be instituted in the parish in which the public entity is located. Acts 1991, No. 1044, §1; Acts 2003, No. 1061, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2183 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2183. REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 1044, §2.

RS 2183 - REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 1044, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2184 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2184. Preference given to supplies, material, or equipment produced or offered by Louisiana citizens

RS 2184 - Preference given to supplies, material, or equipment produced or offered by Louisiana citizens  All public entities shall, in making purchase of supplies, material, or equipment, give preference to supplies, material, or equipment produced or offered by Louisiana citizens, the cost to the public entity and the quality being equal.  Acts 1991, No. 1044, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2184.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2184.1. REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 1044, §2.

RS 2184.1 - REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 1044, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2185 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2185. REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 1044, §2.

RS 2185 - REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 1044, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2186 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2186. REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 1044, §2.

RS 2186 - REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 1044, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2187 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2187. REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 1044, §2.

RS 2187 - REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 1044, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2188 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2188. Mandamus to compel performance of contract

RS 2188 - Mandamus to compel performance of contract  A. In the event that any person shall contract with any public entity with reference to the paving, grading, repairing, reconstructing, or care of any street, highway, bridge, culvert, levee, canal, ditch, or crossing, and shall fail or neglect to perform the contract, the public entity, any officer, or any five taxpayers thereof, may proceed by a writ of mandamus to compel the performance of the contract, or any part of the contract. The writ of mandamus shall be made returnable in five days, shall be tried by preference over all other cases, without a jury, in vacation as well as in term time, and in case of appeal shall be tried by preference in the appellate court.  B. In case any person shall fail or neglect to comply satisfactorily with any judgment against it in such a proceeding within the time fixed by the court which shall be a period within which the work can be reasonably done, the court, on contradictory motion and proof taken in the same case, shall issue a writ of distringas against the person, order the sheriff to do the work required to be done, and to apply the revenues and property of the person to defray the expenses incurred in executing the judgment of the court.  Acts 1991, No. 1044, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2189 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2189. Prescription

RS 2189 - Prescription  Any action against the contractor on the contract or on the bond, or against the contractor or the surety or both on the bond furnished by the contractor, all in connection with the construction, alteration, or repair of any public works let by the state or any of its agencies, boards or subdivisions shall prescribe 5 years from the substantial completion, as defined in R.S. 38:2241.1, or acceptance of such work, whichever occurs first, or of notice of default of the contractor unless otherwise limited in this Chapter.  Added by Acts 1962, No. 15, §1. Amended by Acts 1975, No. 250, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 38:2189.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§2189.1. Prescription; claims by contractors; surety

RS 2189.1 - Prescription; claims by contractors; surety  Any action by the contractor on the contract or on the bond, or by the contractor or the surety or both on the bond furnished by the contractor, against the state, or any of its agencies, boards or subdivisions, all in connection with the construction, alteration, or repair of any public works let by the state or any of its agencies, boards, or subdivisions, shall prescribe five years from the completion, the substantial completion, as defined in R.S. 38:2241.1, or acceptance of such work, whichever occurs first, or of notice of default of the contractor or other termination of the contract, unless otherwise limited in this Chapter. Any action which would be extinguished by the provisions of this Section may be brought within one year of the effective day of this Section.  Added by Acts 1982, No. 544, §1.