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LA Rev Stat § 38:401 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§401. Levee boards and levee and drainage boards authorized to raise money for expenditure by the Mississippi River Commission

RS 401 - Levee boards and levee and drainage boards authorized to raise money for expenditure by the Mississippi River Commission  The boards of commissioners of levee districts and levee drainage districts of this state may raise funds by taxes or otherwise to be expended by and under the direction of the Mississippi River Commission under the terms of the Act of Congress approved on the first day of March, 1917.*  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.  *AS APPEARS IN ENROLLED BILL.
LA Rev Stat § 38:402 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§402. Appropriation of funds raised for levee purposes

RS 402 - Appropriation of funds raised for levee purposes A. Any levee board or levee and drainage board with the approval of the office of engineering may appropriate any funds raised under the provisions of R.S. 38:401 or any funds now on deposit in the state treasury heretofore raised for the purpose of levee work to be done jointly with the Mississippi River Commission under the terms of the Act of Congress approved on the first day of March, 1917*. Upon the filing with the state auditor and treasurer of the resolution of the levee board or levee and drainage board setting forth the appropriation, the amount indicated shall remain in the state treasury in a fund for this purpose to be untouched for any purpose, subject to being paid out upon the warrant of the Mississippi River Commission according to any method it may adopt. The appropriation may be withdrawn from the state treasury upon the warrant of the president of any levee board or levee and drainage board countersigned by the secretary and approved by the office of engineering, with the levee board or levee and drainage board's resolution attached thereto, and disposed of as the Mississippi River Commission shall deem proper. If the funds are to be deposited in any state or federal depository, evidence of that fact shall be delivered to the state treasurer within ten days from the time of the withdrawal of the fund from the state treasury. B. Within ninety days after the completion of the work for which the appropriation was made or as soon thereafter as possible, there shall be deposited with the state treasurer by the president of the levee board or levee and drainage board evidences of the expenditure upon the work. The auditor and treasurer shall approve and honor all warrants presented according to the authority herein granted. In making any appropriation authorized hereunder, no board shall impair the security of any existing obligation or deplete any fund already pledged. Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985; Acts 2012, No. 753, §5. *AS APPEARS IN ENROLLED BILL.
LA Rev Stat § 38:403 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§403. Sheriffs to furnish levee boards and levee and drainage boards with copy of settlement with state auditor

RS 403 - Sheriffs to furnish levee boards and levee and drainage boards with copy of settlement with state auditor  The sheriffs of all parishes contained within any levee district or levee and drainage district of this state shall furnish quarterly to the secretary of the levee board or levee and drainage board of their respective districts a duplicate copy of their reports to and settlement with the state auditor insofar as they shall have reference to any levee taxes in the districts.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:404 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§404. Levee commissioners and levee and drainage commissioners to levy taxes

RS 404 - Levee commissioners and levee and drainage commissioners to levy taxes  For the purpose of providing revenue to carry out the objectives contemplated by this Chapter, the board of commissioners of any levee district or levee and drainage district of this state at any meeting at which there is a quorum may by a majority vote levy annually on all property in the district subject to taxation for levee purposes, all district levee taxes authorized by Article VI, Section 39 of the Louisiana Constitution. These district levee tax funds may be deposited, unless otherwise provided, with the state treasurer and kept in a separate account to the credit of the respective levee districts or levee and drainage districts. Funds may be drawn from the treasurer only upon warrants signed by the president and attested by signature of the secretary.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:405 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§405. Procedure for levying increased taxation

RS 405 - Procedure for levying increased taxation  Whenever the commissioners of any levee district or levee and drainage district shall deem it necessary to increase the rate of taxation for levee purposes in their districts beyond the limit named in Article VI, Section 39 of the Louisiana Constitution, they shall by a majority vote pass a resolution setting forth the reason for an increased rate of taxation and ordering the rate of taxation which they may deem necessary to be submitted to a vote of the electors of their districts.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:411 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§411. Removal of produce before payment of assessment or contribution prohibited; penalty

RS 411 - Removal of produce before payment of assessment or contribution prohibited; penalty  Produce liable to special assessment or forced contribution shall not be removed from the limits of the parish, levee district or levee and drainage district where the produce has been raised until the special assessment or forced contribution thereon shall have been paid. The payment shall be evidenced by the receipt of the sheriff on forms of receipt to be furnished by the several levee boards or levee and drainage boards of the state to the sheriffs of the parishes within the limits of their respective district. The owners of the produce so removed and any railroad company or other carrier, any steamboat, vessel, or other watercraft, or the owners or master or person or persons in command of any watercraft removing produce or aiding or concerned in its removal and the sheriff of the parish where the produce has been raised shall for any violation of this provision be liable for and pay to the levee board or levee and drainage board of the levee district or levee and drainage district in which the parish is situated double the amount of the special assessment or forced contribution for which the produce is and was liable, together with all costs including attorney's fees, which fees are fixed at fifteen dollars in each case, to be taxed as costs.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:412 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§412. Recovery of penalties, costs and attorney's fees

RS 412 - Recovery of penalties, costs and attorney's fees  The penalties, costs, and attorney's fees provided for in R.S. 38:411 shall be recovered by civil action brought in the name of the levee board or levee and drainage board to which the special assessment or forced contribution is payable before the district court or any justice of the peace court of the parish in which the produce was raised, according to the amount involved.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:413 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§413. Service of process on watercraft

RS 413 - Service of process on watercraft  The service of any and all judicial processes under the provisions of this Subpart upon any steamboat, vessel, or watercraft or the owners, masters, or persons in command thereof may be made on board upon the master, clerk, or mate of the boat, vessel, or other watercraft, or other person exercising the functions of these officers.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:414 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§414. Special assessments constitute liens on produce and other property

RS 414 - Special assessments constitute liens on produce and other property  The special assessment or forced contribution levied on produce by the levee boards or levee and drainage boards shall be secured by first lien and privilege on the produce and on all other property of the person owning the produce situated in the parish, and in case of suit to recover the special assessment, all costs, penalties, and attorney's fees fixed in R.S. 38:411 shall be secured by the same lien and privilege. The lien and privilege on the produce shall be prescribed in ten days from removal from the parish where the produce has been raised. If the produce has been transferred to a bona fide purchaser the lien and privilege shall be prescribed in five days from removal.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:415 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§415. Penalties constitute lien on watercraft

RS 415 - Penalties constitute lien on watercraft  The penalties, costs, and attorney's fees provided for in R.S. 38:411 against boats, vessels, and other watercraft shall be secured by first lien and privilege upon the boat, vessel, or other watercraft.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:416 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§416. Assessors to prepare duplicate list of producers

RS 416 - Assessors to prepare duplicate list of producers  A. The assessor of each parish wholly or in part within the limits of one of the levee districts or levee and drainage districts of the state shall make out and complete on or before the first day of June of each year a duplicate list containing the names of all producers of articles subject in the parish for which he is assessor to the special assessment or forced contribution in the crop year preceding the first day of June and showing also the number of acres cultivated by each producer and in what cultivated, and the number of thousand pounds of sugar, hogsheads of sugar, barrels or sacks of sugar, bales of cotton, barrels of molasses, barrels of syrup, sacks of rice, sacks and barrels of esculents, and barrels of oranges produced by each producer.  B. For performing the duties imposed by this Section the assessor shall receive a reasonable compensation to be fixed and paid by the levee board or levee and drainage board within whose limit the parish of the assessor is situated. The assessor shall file one of the lists in the office of the clerk of court of the parish and shall transmit the other to the secretary of the levee board or levee and drainage board of the district in which his parish is situated on or before the fifteenth day of June of each year.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:417 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§417. Issuance of warrants for compensation of assessors upon completion of duties

RS 417 - Issuance of warrants for compensation of assessors upon completion of duties  The state auditor shall not audit or warrant the compensation of any assessor of the state whose parish or any portion thereof lies within a levee district or levee and drainage district until the assessor shall exhibit to and file with the auditor a certificate from the president of the levee board or levee and drainage board showing that he has performed the duties imposed upon him by R.S. 38:416.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:419 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§419. Declaration by producers; estimate by sheriff

RS 419 - Declaration by producers; estimate by sheriff  The assessor if so directed by the presidents of the various levee boards or levee and drainage boards shall, and the sheriff may, require each producer of articles liable to the produce special assessment or forced contribution to declare under oath the number of acres cultivated by him in the current and in the past crop year, and in what crop cultivated, the amount of produce raised by the person in the last crop year and by what carrier the produce was shipped, and at what date the assessor and sheriff may administer the oath. The sheriff shall administer the oath and furnish the statement whenever so directed by the presidents of the various levee boards and levee and drainage boards. On the refusal or failure of any person to answer under oath when thus required, the sheriff shall make a written statement estimating the amount of the special assessment or forced contribution for which the person is liable on produce raised by him and shall send a copy thereof to the president of the levee board or levee and drainage board to which the assessment is due. The written statement of the sheriff shall be prima facie evidence in any judicial proceeding instituted for the collection of the special assessment or forced contribution of the amount due, and the defendant who has thus refused or failed to answer shall be made to pay the costs of the judicial proceedings, together with fifteen dollars attorney's fees in each case, to be taxed as costs.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:420 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§420. Collection by sheriffs and deputies; returns of deputies

RS 420 - Collection by sheriffs and deputies; returns of deputies  The sheriff is prohibited from entrusting the collection of the produce tax to any person who is not sworn as a deputy sheriff. Any sheriff violating this Section shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. Deputy sheriffs charged with the collection of the produce special assessment or forced contribution shall make written returns at the end of each month showing the names of persons from whom and the description of articles on which the special assessment or forced contribution has been collected, the amount of tax collected from each person, the dates of collection, by what carrier the produce has been shipped, and the date of shipment. The returns shall be sworn to and shall be kept by the sheriff.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:422 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§422. §§422, 423 Repealed by Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.

RS 422 - §§422, 423 Repealed by Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:431 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§431. Authority to issue bonds; interest rate, etc.

RS 431 - Authority to issue bonds; interest rate, etc.  The boards of commissioners of the levee districts and levee and drainage districts of the state may issue bonds not to exceed the total amount of bonds which they have been heretofore authorized by law to issue in the sums and denominations which every board may in its own case prescribe but of not less than one hundred dollars each. The bonds shall be drawn payable to bearer and signed by the president of the board, and attested by the signature of the secretary and the seal of the board. The bonds shall become due in fifty years, and be payable at the option of the board in forty years from the date of their issue, and bear interest as provided in R.S. 39:1421 et seq. from date of their issue. The interest shall be evidenced by coupons attached to the bonds payable semiannually at the fiscal agency in New Orleans or the office of the state treasurer.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.  {{NOTE: REGARDING R.S. 38:431-436, SEE ALSO R.S. 38:1117(A)(3) AS PER ACTS 1985, NO. 466, §2, WHICH MAY BE CONFLICTING.}}
LA Rev Stat § 38:432 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§432. Bonds in lieu of outstanding bonds

RS 432 - Bonds in lieu of outstanding bonds  The intent of this Subpart is that the levee districts and levee and drainage districts may issue bonds in lieu of the bonds already authorized, not in addition thereto, but in carrying out the power to refund outstanding bonds into bonds under this Subpart. The bonds under this Subpart may be negotiated before the retirement of the outstanding bonds, but the proceeds of the bonds thus negotiated shall remain in the state treasury, as provided in R.S. 38:435.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.  {{NOTE: REGARDING R.S. 38:431-436, SEE ALSO R.S. 38:1117(A)(3) AS PER ACTS 1985, NO. 466, §2, WHICH MAY BE CONFLICTING.}}
LA Rev Stat § 38:433 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§433. Refunding of outstanding bonds

RS 433 - Refunding of outstanding bonds  The refunding of the outstanding bonds of a levee district or levee and drainage district into the bonds authorized by this Subpart may be effected by a direct exchange of bonds or by a negotiation of the bonds authorized by this Subpart, and the application of the proceeds to the payment of redemption of the bonds now outstanding.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.  {{NOTE: REGARDING R.S. 38:431-436, SEE ALSO R.S. 38:1117(A)(3) AS PER ACTS 1985, NO. 466, §2, WHICH MAY BE CONFLICTING.}}
LA Rev Stat § 38:434 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§434. Exchange of new for old bonds; duties of state treasurer and auditor

RS 434 - Exchange of new for old bonds; duties of state treasurer and auditor  The direct exchange of bonds shall be effected by the state treasurer, upon the warrant of the auditor of the state, in pursuance of a resolution of the levee board or levee and drainage board. The treasurer, immediately upon effecting the exchange, shall cancel by irremediably defacing the bonds received in exchange and immediately draw up a proces verbal which shall be made in triplicate reciting the transaction giving an exact description of the bonds exchanged, by the number, series, date, maturity, etc. The treasurer shall keep one original in his office and shall transmit one original to the state auditor to be kept there on file and one original to the secretary of the levee board or levee and drainage board. The bonds received in exchange and cancelled by being defaced shall be immediately transmitted by the treasurer to the secretary of the board to be destroyed by the board in open session at the meeting of the board next following the date of transmission. A proces verbal of the destruction, giving the description of the bonds by numbers, series, denominations, etc., shall be entered upon the minutes of the meeting, and when the exchange has been finally completed, a general proces verbal of the destruction shall be signed by the president and secretary of the board respectively and published in the official journal of the state, and a certified copy thereof shall be filed with the state auditor. The board shall fix the rate not to be less than par at which the bonds shall be exchanged.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.  {{NOTE: REGARDING R.S. 38:431-436, SEE ALSO R.S. 38:1117(A)(3) AS PER ACTS 1985, NO. 466, §2, WHICH MAY BE CONFLICTING.}}
LA Rev Stat § 38:435 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§435. Sale of bonds for redemption of outstanding bonds; disposition of surplus

RS 435 - Sale of bonds for redemption of outstanding bonds; disposition of surplus  The bonds, when negotiated as authorized by R.S. 38:433, shall be issued to the purchaser or purchasers thereof by the treasurer of the state upon the warrant of the auditor and in pursuance of a resolution of the board; and the purchase price shall be paid to the state treasurer and shall not be withdrawn from the state treasury except upon the warrant of the auditor and in pursuance of a resolution of the board and for the purpose of paying or redeeming, in whole or in part, the bonds of the board now outstanding. Bonds thus paid or redeemed shall be disposed of in the same manner as provided in R.S. 38:434 for bonds received in exchange. Any surplus remaining on hand from the proceeds from the sale of bonds negotiated, shall, after redemption of the bonds now outstanding, be transferred to the general account of the board.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.  {{NOTE: REGARDING R.S. 38:431-436, SEE ALSO R.S. 38:1117(A)(3) AS PER ACTS 1985, NO. 466, §2, WHICH MAY BE CONFLICTING.}}
LA Rev Stat § 38:436 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§436. Sale of bonds for other purposes; disposition of proceeds

RS 436 - Sale of bonds for other purposes; disposition of proceeds  Bonds under this Subpart not issued for the purpose of refunding outstanding bonds shall be issued by the state treasurer upon the warrant of the state auditor in pursuance of a resolution of the levee board or levee and drainage board and the proceeds shall be paid into the state treasury to the general account of the levee district or levee and drainage district.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.  {{NOTE: REGARDING R.S. 38:431-436, SEE ALSO R.S. 38:1117(A)(3) AS PER ACTS 1985, NO. 466, §2, WHICH MAY BE CONFLICTING.}}
LA Rev Stat § 38:437 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§437. Annual tax to pay interest

RS 437 - Annual tax to pay interest  For the purpose of paying the interest of the bonds, the levee boards and levee and drainage boards shall levy annually to an amount sufficient for that purpose the taxes and local contributions which they are authorized and empowered to levy and which they may hereafter be authorized to levy. From the first money realized from the taxes and local contributions, the state treasurer shall set apart annually the amount necessary to pay the interest and the money thus set apart shall not be diverted to any other purpose. The auditor, in issuing his warrant for the payment of any interest coupons, shall punch twice in the center each coupon so paid and shall paste the coupons so punched in a book or register to be kept by him for that purpose. Whenever the state shall have a fiscal agency in the city of New Orleans, the board of commissioners shall make the necessary arrangements through the state treasurer to have the interest paid at the agency.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 38:438 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements|§438. Annual tax to create sinking fund for principal of bonds

RS 438 - Annual tax to create sinking fund for principal of bonds  For the purpose of providing a sinking fund to meet the payment of the principal of the bonds issued under this Subpart, the levee board or levee and drainage board, beginning ten years before the maturity of the bonds, shall levy annually to an amount sufficient for that purpose, the taxes and local contributions which it is authorized and empowered to levy and which they may be hereafter authorized to levy. From the first money realized from the taxes and local contributions, the state treasurer, after providing for the payment of the interest of the bonds, shall set apart annually, beginning ten years before the maturity of the bonds, an amount sufficient to pay ten percent of the bonds outstanding. The money thus set apart shall not be diverted to any other purpose, except the purchase of outstanding bonds.  Acts 1985, No. 785, §1, eff. July 22, 1985.