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LA Rev Stat § 39:551.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§551.4. Caddo Parish Industrial District

RS 551.4 - Caddo Parish Industrial District A. The Caddo Parish Industrial District is hereby created as a political subdivision of the state and its territorial limits and jurisdiction shall extend throughout Ward Two of Caddo Parish as said ward is constituted on the effective date of this Section. B. The governing authority of the district shall be a board of commissioners consisting of seven members, three of whom shall be appointed by the police jury of the parish of Caddo upon nomination, by the governing authority of the town of Vivian in consultation with the Vivian Industrial Development Organization, two to be appointed by the police jury upon nomination of the governing authority of the village of Oil City, and two to be appointed by the police jury, upon nomination of the police juror representing Ward Two. All members shall be bona fide residents and qualified voters within the limits of the district during their term of office and shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority. C. The powers and duties conferred by the constitution and statutory laws of this state to industrial districts and the power to incur debt and issue bonds to encourage industrial enterprises, including, but not by way of limitation, the provisions of R.S. 39:551.1 through R.S. 39:551.3, shall apply to the Caddo Parish Industrial District, except as otherwise provided by this Section. Added by Acts 1978, No. 291, §1, eff. July 5, 1978.
LA Rev Stat § 39:551.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§551.5. North Webster Parish Industrial District

RS 551.5 - North Webster Parish Industrial District A. The North Webster Parish Industrial District is hereby created as a political subdivision of the state and its territorial limits and jurisdiction shall extend throughout Ward Two of Webster Parish as said ward is constituted on the effective date of this Section. B. The governing authority of the district shall be a board of commissioners consisting of seven members, two of whom shall be appointed by the governing authority of the city of Springhill, one each to be appointed by the governing authorities of the municipalities of Cullen, Sarepta, Shongaloo and Cotton Valley, and one to be appointed by the governing authority of the parish of Webster. All members shall be bona fide residents and qualified voters within the limits of the district during their term of office and shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority. C. The powers and duties conferred by the constitution and statutory laws of this state governing industrial districts and the power to incur debt and issue bonds to encourage industrial enterprises, including, but not by way of limitation, the provisions of R.S. 39:551.1 through R.S. 39:551.3 and the provisions of Part XII of Chapter 4 of Subtitle II of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, shall apply to the North Webster Parish Industrial District, except as otherwise provided by this Section. Added by Acts 1978, No. 422, §1, eff. July 10, 1978.
LA Rev Stat § 39:551.6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§551.6. South Webster Parish Industrial District

RS 551.6 - South Webster Parish Industrial District A. The South Webster Parish Industrial District is hereby created as a political subdivision of the state and its territorial limits and jurisdiction shall extend throughout Ward One of Webster Parish as said ward is constituted on the effective date of this Section. B. The governing authority of the district shall be a board of commissioners consisting of seven members, three of whom shall be appointed by the governing authority of the cities of Minden and Dixie Inn; two of whom shall be appointed by the governing authority of the municipalities of Sibley, Dubberly, Heflin, and Doyline; one of whom shall be appointed by the governing authority of Webster Parish; and one of whom shall be appointed by the Minden Economic Development Council. All members shall be bona fide residents and qualified voters within the limits of the district during their terms of office. C. Each member shall serve a two year term. However, the members initially appointed shall serve terms as follows: one member appointed by the governing authorities of Minden and Dixie Inn, one member appointed by the governing authorities of Sibley, Dubberly, Heflin, and Doyline, and the member appointed by the Minden Economic Development Council shall serve for an initial term of one year; one member appointed by the governing authorities of Minden and Dixie Inn and the member appointed by the governing authority of Webster Parish shall serve an initial term of two years; and one member appointed by the governing authorities of Minden and Dixie Inn and one member appointed by the governing authorities of Sibley, Dubberly, Heflin, and Doyline shall serve for an initial term of three years. The term designation shall be made by the appointing authority at time of the initial appointment. D. The powers and duties conferred by the constitution and statutory laws of this state governing industrial districts and the power to incur debt and issue bonds to encourage industrial enterprises, including but not by way of limitation, the provisions of R.S. 39:551.1 through R.S. 39:551.3, the provisions of Part XII of Chapter 4 of Subtitle II of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, and the provisions of R.S. 33:130.31, shall apply to the South Webster Parish Industrial District, except as otherwise provided by this Section. Added by Acts 1980, No. 393, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 39:551.7 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§551.7. DeSoto Parish Industrial District

RS 551.7 - DeSoto Parish Industrial District A. The DeSoto Parish Industrial District is hereby created as a political subdivision of the state. The territorial limits and jurisdiction of the district shall extend throughout the entire parish of DeSoto. B.(1) The governing authority of the district shall be a board of commissioners consisting of twelve members: four members to be appointed by the governing authority of DeSoto Parish, including one from the parish at large and one resident from each of the following communities: Frierson, Gloster, and Pelican, and eight members, one to be appointed by the governing authority of each of the following municipalities: Mansfield, South Mansfield, Stanley, Logansport, Longstreet, Keatchie, Stonewall, and Grand Cane. Each member shall be a qualified voter and bona fide resident of the district during his term of office and shall serve for a term concurrent with the term of the authority which appointed him. Members shall serve without compensation; however, such members shall be entitled to reimbursement of actual expenses incurred in connection with official business of the district. (2) The board of commissioners may appoint a treasurer for the district. C. The powers and duties conferred by the constitution and laws of this state governing industrial districts and the power to incur debt and issue bonds to encourage industrial enterprises, including, but not by way of limitation, the provisions of R.S. 39:551.1 through 551.3 and the provisions of Part XII of Chapter 4 of Subtitle II of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, shall apply to the DeSoto Parish Industrial District, except as otherwise provided in this Section. Acts 1986, No. 933, §1, eff. July 10, 1986; Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 51, §1, eff. April 18, 2002.
LA Rev Stat § 39:551.8 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§551.8. Sabine Parish Industrial District

RS 551.8 - Sabine Parish Industrial District A. The Sabine Parish Industrial District is hereby created as a political subdivision of the state. The territorial limits and jurisdiction of the district shall extend throughout the entire parish of Sabine. B. The governing authority of the district shall be a board of commissioners consisting of nine members, one member to be appointed by the governing authority of Sabine Parish; one to be appointed by the governing authority of each of the following municipalities: Many, Zwolle, Pleasant Hill, Converse, Noble, Florien, and Fisher; and one member appointed by the Board of Directors of the Sabine Parish Chamber of Commerce. Each member shall be a qualified voter and bona fide resident of the district during his term of office and shall serve for a term concurrent with the term of the authority which appointed him. Members shall serve without compensation; however, such members shall be entitled to reimbursement of actual expenses incurred in connection with official business of the district. C. The powers and duties conferred by the constitution and laws of this state governing industrial districts and the power to incur debt and issue bonds to encourage industrial enterprises, including, but not by way of limitation, the provisions of R.S. 39:551.1 through 551.3 and the provisions of Part XII of Chapter 4 of Subtitle II of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, except those powers and duties pertaining to facilities for the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity and the production of steam and other forms of energy recited therein and elsewhere in the laws of the state, shall apply to the Sabine Parish Industrial District, except as otherwise provided in this Section. D. In addition to all other powers and authorities granted to the district, the board of commissioners may levy annually an ad valorem tax not to exceed three mills on the dollar of assessed valuation of all property, provided that the amount, term, and purpose of said tax, as set forth in a proposition submitted to a vote, shall be approved by a majority of the qualified electors voting in a special election held for that purpose. The avails of such tax may be used for any expenses or purposes of the district. Acts 1987, No. 41, §1, eff. June 2, 1987; Acts 1988, No. 337, §1, eff. July 7, 1988.
LA Rev Stat § 39:551.9 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§551.9. Lake Borgne Basin Levee District general obligation bonds

RS 551.9 - Lake Borgne Basin Levee District general obligation bonds Notwithstanding any other rights had and possessed by the Lake Borgne Basin Levee District, said district may, as an additional grant of authority, incur debt and issue negotiable general obligation bonds to finance flood protection and drainage projects wholly within its territorial jurisdiction, with the approval of the State Bond Commission and a majority of those voting in an election called and held for that purpose in accordance with the procedures set forth in Chapter 6-A of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended. Said general obligation bonds shall be issued in the form and manner and subject to the limitations, restrictions, and provisions contained in Part III, Chapter 4, Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and shall be sold in the manner and subject to the provisions of Chapter 13, Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended. Said district is hereby declared to be a political subdivision as that term is defined in Article VI, Section 44(2) of the Constitution of Louisiana. Acts 1987, No. 677, §1, eff. July 9, 1987.
LA Rev Stat § 39:551.10 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§551.10. Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 661, §7.

RS 551.10 - Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 661, §7.
LA Rev Stat § 39:552 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§552. Parish purposes

RS 552 - Parish purposes The governing authorities of parishes may incur debt and issue negotiable bonds of the parish for the following purposes: Constructing and maintaining public roads, highways and bridges; drains, drainage canals, pumps and pumping plants, dykes, and levees; constructing waste disposal facilities; sewers and sewerage disposal works; waterworks system; and facilities for pollution control and abatement; courthouses; jails; hospitals; auditoriums; golf courses; stadiums; live stock arenas and show rings; agricultural and live stock exhibition buildings; buildings of like and similar nature, and other public buildings; acquiring buildings, machinery and equipment, including both real and personal property, to be used in giving fire protection to the property in the parish; acquiring and/or improving lands for industrial parks; and such other works of public improvement as the legislature may expressly authorize. Debt may be incurred and bonds may be issued for the necessary equipment and furnishings for the works, buildings and improvements. The title to all works, buildings and improvements shall be in the public. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 619, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 39:553 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§553. Municipal purposes

RS 553 - Municipal purposes The governing authorities of municipal corporations, including cities, towns and villages, may incur debt and issue bonds of the municipal corporations for the following purposes: opening, constructing, paving and improving streets, sidewalks, roads and alleys; constructing bridges; purchasing or constructing waterworks; sewers and sewerage disposal works; drains, drainage canals, and pumping plants; waste disposal facilities; facilities for pollution control and abatement; light and power plants; gas plants; artificial ice and refrigerating plants; halls; courthouses; jails; public markets, and abattoirs; fire department stations and equipment; hospitals, auditoriums; public parks; natatoriums; libraries; school houses; teachers' homes; and other public buildings; docks, wharves, and river terminals; acquiring and/or improving lands for industrial parks, within or without the corporate limits of the municipality; and other works of public improvement as the legislature may expressly authorize. Debt may be incurred and bonds may be issued for the necessary equipment and furnishings for the works, buildings and improvements. The title to all the works, buildings and improvements shall be in the public. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 620, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 39:554 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§554. School district purposes

RS 554 - School district purposes The governing authorities of school districts may incur debt and issue bonds of the districts for the following purposes and none other: acquiring and/or improving lands for building sites and playgrounds, including construction of necessary sidewalks and streets adjacent thereto; purchasing, erecting and/or improving school buildings, teachers' homes and other school related facilities, and acquiring the necessary equipment and furnishings therefor. The title to all the lands, buildings and improvements shall be in the public. Amended by Acts 1963, No. 41, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 39:555 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§555. Road district purposes

RS 555 - Road district purposes The governing authorities of road districts may incur debt and issue bonds of the districts for the following purposes, and none other: opening, constructing, improving, and maintaining public roads, highways and bridges in the district. The title to the works and improvements shall be in the public.
LA Rev Stat § 39:556 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§556. Sewerage district purposes

RS 556 - Sewerage district purposes The governing authorities of sewerage districts may incur debt and issue negotiable bonds for the purpose of constructing and maintaining sewers and sewerage disposal works for the districts and for no other purpose. The title to the sewers and sewerage disposal works shall be in the public.
LA Rev Stat § 39:557 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§557. Waterworks district purposes

RS 557 - Waterworks district purposes The governing authorities of waterworks districts may incur debt and issue negotiable bonds for the purpose of constructing and maintaining waterworks systems in the district and for no other purpose. The title to the waterworks systems shall be in the public.
LA Rev Stat § 39:558 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§558. Drainage district purposes

RS 558 - Drainage district purposes The governing authorities of drainage and sub-drainage districts may incur debt and issue negotiable bonds of the districts to construct gravity drainage works for the districts or sub-districts, and for no other purpose. The title to the works shall be in the public.
LA Rev Stat § 39:559 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§559. Hospital district purposes

RS 559 - Hospital district purposes The governing authorities of hospital service districts may incur debt and issue bonds of the district for the purpose of acquiring buildings, machinery and equipment, including both real and personal property, to be used in providing hospital facilities to the districts.
LA Rev Stat § 39:560 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§560. Fire protection district; purposes

RS 560 - Fire protection district; purposes The governing authorities of fire protection districts may incur debt and issue bonds of the district for the purpose of acquiring buildings, machinery and equipment, including both real and personal property, to be used in giving fire protection to the property in the districts.
LA Rev Stat § 39:560.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§560.1. Gas utility districts

RS 560.1 - Gas utility districts The governing authorities of gas utility districts may sell, lease or mortgage and incur debt and issue bonds of such districts for the purpose of paying all or part of the cost of acquiring, constructing, improving, or extending any properties or facilities authorized by law to be maintained and operated by such districts. Added by Acts 1960, No. 416, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 39:561 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§561. Issuing bonds; resolution

RS 561 - Issuing bonds; resolution If a majority in number and amount of the qualified property taxpayers voting at an election held under the provisions of this Chapter vote in favor of the proposition to incur debt and issue negotiable bonds, the governing authorities after promulgation of the result of the election, may by resolution authorize the issuance of the bonds, in an amount not exceeding the amount stated in the proposition, which bonds shall not be issued for any other purpose than that stated in the proposition.
LA Rev Stat § 39:562.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§562.1. Provisions of R.S. 39:562 inapplicable to certain debts and bonds

RS 562.1 - Provisions of R.S. 39:562 inapplicable to certain debts and bonds The limitations contained in R.S. 39:562 shall not apply to (1) debts assumed under any general law which authorizes any parish to assume the debt of any road district, subroad district, consolidated road district, drainage district, irrigation district, levee district, waterworks district, road lighting district, fire protection district, airport district, hospital service district, recreation district, or sewerage district created by the governing authority of a parish, or school district, wholly within such parish, and if any such district is composed of territory located in more than one parish to assume that proportion of the debt of such district or districts which bears against that territory wholly within such parish upon the condition that the assumption of such debt or proportion of such debt shall be authorized by a vote of a majority of the electors of such parish who vote at an election held for that purpose; (2) debts assumed in accordance with Subpart C of Part 3 of Chapter 4 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 as amended; or (3) to any refunding bonds issued for the purpose of readjusting, refunding, extending, or unifying the whole or any part of any such assumed indebtedness which may be issued as authorized by law. Added by Acts 1975, No. 518, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 39:562.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§562.2. Limit of indebtedness of school districts in Beauregard, DeSoto, Sabine and Vernon parishes

RS 562.2 - Limit of indebtedness of school districts in Beauregard, DeSoto, Sabine and Vernon parishes Subject to having received a loan commitment from the United States of America, Department of Agriculture, Farmers' Home Administration, any parishwide school district or special school district in the parishes of Beauregard, DeSoto, Sabine, or Vernon may incur debt and issue bonds of said school district for the purposes set out in R.S. 39:554 which, including the existing bonded debt of said school district for such purposes, shall not exceed fifty percent of the total assessed valuation of all property in said school district, including both homestead exempt property and nonexempt property, to be ascertained by the last assessment for said school district previous to delivery of the bonds representing such debt, regardless of the date of the election at which said bonds shall have been voted. Added by Acts 1979, No. 234, §1; Acts 1987, No. 221, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 39:562.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§562.3. Limit of indebtedness of School District No. Ward 1, of Allen Parish

RS 562.3 - Limit of indebtedness of School District No. Ward 1, of Allen Parish Subject to having received a loan commitment from the United States of America, Department of Agriculture, Farmer Home Administration, School District No. Ward 1, of parish of Allen, state of Louisiana, may incur debt and issue bonds of said school district for the purposes set out in R.S. 39:554 which, including the existing bonded debt of said school district for such purposes, shall not exceed fifty percent of the total assessed valuation of all property of said school district, including both homestead exempt property and nonexempt property, to be ascertained by the last assessment for said school district previous to delivery of the bonds representing such debt, regardless of the date of the election at which said bonds shall have been voted. Added by Acts 1979, No. 85, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 39:563 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§563. Maximum duration; interest

RS 563 - Maximum duration; interest  No bonds issued by any subdivision shall run for a longer period than forty years from the date thereof, or bear a greater rate of interest than the maximum authorized by Act No. 19 of the First Extraordinary Session of the Legislature of Louisiana for the year 1975, [R.S. 39:1421 to 39:1426], as the same now exists or may be hereafter amended, payable annually or semiannually, or be sold for less than par. Such bonds shall become due and payable in annual installments beginning not more than three years after the date of issuance. NOTE: §563 as repealed by Acts 2018, No. 569, eff. July 1, 2021. RS 563 - Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 569, §2, eff. July 1, 2021.  Amended by Acts 1975, No. 161, §1; Acts 2018, No. 569, §2, eff. July 1, 2021.