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LA Rev Stat § 33:4511 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4511. Franchises for taking, transporting, and selling surface water

RS 4511 - Franchises for taking, transporting, and selling surface water  A. The governing authority of any parish or municipality, east of the Mississippi River, may grant franchises to private nonprofit corporations for the taking, transporting and sale of surface water from within the geographical limits of such political subdivision to other parishes or municipalities outside the limits of such political subdivision. Such franchises may recognize the authority of the corporation to take water from lakes and streams within the governmental subdivision granting the franchise, and may authorize the transportation and sale of such water outside the limits of the granting subdivision. B. Corporations holding such franchises, which may be granted on terms and conditions deemed appropriate by the granting authority, shall be deemed to be public utilities within the meaning of the laws of this state, but shall not be subject to regulation by the Public Service Commission insofar as activities hereunder are concerned. Such franchises may be granted without the necessity of an election and without regard to limitations imposed on the granting of franchises by any other statute. Such franchises shall be for a term of not more than sixty years, but may be renewed or extended from time to time for additional periods up to sixty years each. C. All such franchises, with any contracts entered into for the sale by such corporations of such water and proceeds therefrom may be mortgaged, pledged, or otherwise used to finance the operation, construction, extension, improvement and maintenance of facilities for securing and transporting such water, in the manner and to the extent of private contracts. D. All laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. This Section shall be supplemental to other provisions of the statutes of this state relating to the taking, transporting and sale of water, and franchises and contracts in connection therewith. Acts 1966, No. 528, §§1, 2.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4521 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4521. Application of Subpart

RS 4521 - Application of Subpart  This Subpart applies only to any town or city exercising powers of supervision, regulation, and control over any local public utility. Nothing in this Subpart applies to or affects:  (1) Gas transported out of the state;  (2) Gas transported in gas lines for industrial or commercial purposes or for resale;  (3) Liquefied petroleum gas. Added by Acts 1970, No. 352, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4522 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4522. Malodorants required

RS 4522 - Malodorants required  All natural and other odorless gases shall be malodorized by the use of a malodorant in accordance with pipeline safety rules and regulations promulgated by the assistant secretary of the office of conservation of the Department of Natural Resources, or in the case of liquefied petroleum gas in accordance with R.S. 40:1846(B)(5) and (6). Acts 1983, No. 377, §2. Acts 1984, No. 214, §2, eff. June 29, 1984.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4523 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4523. Method of use and containers and equipment regulated

RS 4523 - Method of use and containers and equipment regulated  The method of using the malodorant and the containers and equipment used in connection therewith are under the direction and subject to the approval of the assistant secretary of the office of conservation of the Department of Natural Resources. Added by Acts 1970, No. 352, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 754, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4524 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4524. Enforcement; rules and regulations

RS 4524 - Enforcement; rules and regulations  The office of conservation of the Department of Natural Resources shall enforce the provisions of this Subpart. The assistant secretary of the office may prescribe any rules and regulations and conduct such inspections as he deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this Subpart. In addition to the rights, powers, and duties granted under this Subpart, the assistant secretary shall exercise, relative to this Subpart, all of the rights, powers, and duties granted under R.S. 30:501 et seq.; however, the provisions of R.S. 30:544 shall not apply to this Subpart. Whenever the assistant secretary shall find any violation of this Subpart, the assistant secretary may report such violation and submit the evidence thereof to the district attorney of the district or parish court having jurisdiction over the area wherein the violation occurred. Added by Acts 1970, No. 352, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 754, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4525 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4525. Violation, penalties, civil and criminal

RS 4525 - Violation, penalties, civil and criminal  A.(1) Any person who shall be determined by the assistant secretary, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, to have violated any provision of this Subpart or any rule, regulation, or order promulgated or issued under this Subpart shall be liable to the office of conservation for a civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars for each violation for each day that the violation persists, except that the maximum civil penalty shall not exceed five hundred thousand dollars for any related series of violations. (2) The amount of the penalty shall be assessed by the assistant secretary by written notice. (3) In determining the amount of the penalty, the assistant secretary shall consider the nature, circumstances, and gravity of the violation and, with respect to the person found to have committed the violation, the degree of culpability, any history of prior violations, the effect on ability to continue to do business, any good faith in attempting to achieve compliance, ability to pay the penalty, and such other matters as justice may require. B. The legal counsel employed or retained by the assistant secretary may recover the assessed civil penalty by bringing action against the person so assessed in the court having jurisdiction. The assistant secretary may compromise the civil penalty. C. Any person who willfully and knowingly violates this Subpart or any rule, regulation, or order issued under this Subpart shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be subject for each offense to a fine of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both, for each violation. Added by Acts 1970, No. 352, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 754, §1; Acts 1990, No. 599, §2, eff. July 19, 1990.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4526 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4526. Construction of Subpart, surrender of powers

RS 4526 - Construction of Subpart, surrender of powers  Nothing contained in this Subpart shall be construed as surrendering to the office of conservation of the Department of Natural Resources any of the powers of supervision, regulation, or control over any local public utility by any town or city, other than those specifically provided herein. Added by Acts 1970, No. 352, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 754, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4534 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4534. Transfer of assets by the city of New Orleans

RS 4534 - Transfer of assets by the city of New Orleans  The assignment, transfer, and delivery by the city of New Orleans by and through the public belt railroad commission, with the concurrence of the council of the city of New Orleans, of all of the rights of way, rails, tracks, locomotives, switch yards, and the Huey P. Long Bridge, its approaches and appurtenances and the lands and other things in connection therewith, and all other lands, leases, equipment, books, records, accounts receivable, monies, intellectual property, contracts, properties and assets of the public belt railroad system or the Public Belt Railroad Commission for the city of New Orleans effective February 1, 2018, to the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad Corporation, a public nonprofit corporation formed and owned by the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans, is ratified.  Acts 2020, No. 359, §4, eff. June 12, 2020.  NOTE: See Acts 2020, No. 359, §§9 and 10, regarding effectiveness and applicability of cooperative endeavor agreement dated February 1, 2018.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4536 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4536. Employees of the railroad commission

RS 4536 - Employees of the railroad commission  A. The employees of the public belt railroad system, which were transferred from the Public Belt Railroad Commission of the city of New Orleans to the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad Corporation and pursuant to this Part are further transferred to the railroad commission, may continue with the railroad commission their existing employment arrangements upon such transfer, including but not limited to existing labor contracts. These employees are to be included in the unclassified service of state civil service pursuant to Article X, Section 2 of the Constitution of Louisiana. The railroad commission shall recognize and maintain the rights of these employees under existing labor contracts and applicable law. This Subsection shall not be interpreted to prohibit future changes as may be permitted by law, contract, or negotiated agreement with employees.  B. Members of the board of the railroad commission and officials, officers, and employees holding office or employment with the railroad commission, while acting within the scope of their duties or employment, shall have the indemnification rights and shall be deemed covered individuals, as provided in R.S. 13:5108.1, with respect to such actions.  C. The chief executive officer of the railroad commission shall have the power to organize or reorganize the legal, executive, and other departments and forces of the railroad commission and to fix the duties, powers, and compensation of all officers, agents, and employees in such departments and forces, subject to modification of any determination by the board of the railroad commission.  Acts 2020, No. 359, §5, see Act.  NOTE: See Acts 2020, No. 359, §§9 and 10, regarding effectiveness and applicability of cooperative endeavor agreement dated February 1, 2018.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4545.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4545.1. Short Title

RS 4545.1 - Short Title  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "State Power Authority Act". Added by Acts 1979, No. 772, §1, eff. July 20, 1979.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4545.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4545.2. Declaration of purpose; authority created

RS 4545.2 - Declaration of purpose; authority created  It is the intent of the legislature by passage of this Chapter to provide for the creation of a state electric power authority and to that end there is hereby created the Louisiana Energy and Power Authority, hereinafter referred to as the "Authority", as a political subdivision of the State of Louisiana with full corporate powers, to provide facilities for the generation and/or transmission of electric power and energy, and to vest the Authority with all powers that may be necessary to enable it to accomplish such purposes, which powers shall be exercised for the benefit of participating municipalities. It is further the intention of the legislature that in order to achieve the economies and efficiencies made possible by the proper planning, financing, sizing and location of facilities for the generation or transmission of electric power and energy which may not be practical for any municipality acting alone, and to insure an adequate, reliable and economical supply of electric power and energy to the participating municipalities, the Authority shall be authorized to jointly cooperate and to plan, finance, develop, own and operate with municipalities and investor owned electric power companies and electric power cooperative associations or corporations, within the state, electric generation and transmission facilities in order to provide for the present and future requirements of the Authority and participating municipalities. Added by Acts 1979, No. 772, §1, eff. July 20, 1979.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4545.4.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4545.4.1. Alternate directors

RS 4545.4.1 - Alternate directors  In addition to the appointment of a director by the mayor of each municipality that becomes a member, the mayor of each such municipality may also appoint an alternate director to the board of directors of the authority, which appointment is also subject to approval by the governing authority of said municipality. Each such alternate director shall have the same qualifications and shall serve for the same term as the director from the same municipality, and such alternate shall have the same rights, duties, powers and responsibilities as the director. However, an alternate director may act as director at meetings only in the absence of the director from the same municipality, and an alternate director may not serve as an officer of the board of directors of the authority. Any alternate director shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority, and the procedure for removing an alternate director shall be the same as is required for removing a director.  Acts 1988, No. 520, §1, eff. July 8, 1988.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4545.4.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4545.4.2. Domicile of directors, parish-council form of government

RS 4545.4.2 - Domicile of directors, parish-council form of government  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Chapter, a director representing a municipality which, together with the parish in which it is located is governed by a parish-council consolidated form of government, need not be domiciled in the said municipality, but shall be either domiciled anywhere within the parish in which the municipality is located or be an employee of the municipality represented.  Acts 1988, No. 520, §1, eff. July 8, 1988; Acts 2016, No. 242, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4545.4.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4545.4.3. Alternate form for approving changes in board membership

RS 4545.4.3 - Alternate form for approving changes in board membership  With the approval of a majority of the board of directors, mail ballots may be utilized to record the vote of the board of directors on any ordinance proposing to increase or decrease the membership of the board of directors of the authority. Acts 1988, No. 520, §1, eff. July 8, 1988.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4545.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4545.5. Defense and indemnification of directors, officers or employees

RS 4545.5 - Defense and indemnification of directors, officers or employees  The authority may defend, indemnify against loss or liability and save harmless any of its directors, officers or employees whenever a claim or demand is made or threatened, or whenever proceeded against in any investigation or before any court, board, commission or other public body to defend or maintain his official position or a position taken in the course of the execution of his duties or because of any act or omission arising out of the performance of his official duties if it is determined that the director, officer or employee acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Authority. Such determination shall be made by the board of directors by a majority vote of directors who were not parties to such action, suit, proceeding, investigation or claim. The provisions of the preceding two sentences shall not apply in the event a director, officer or employee is adjudged liable for malfeasance in office or an intentional tort. To the extent that a director, officer or employee of the Authority has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses, including attorneys' fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith. Expenses, including attorneys' fees, incurred in defending a civil action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the Authority in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding as authorized in the manner provided in this Section upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director, officer or employee, to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately be determined that he is entitled to be indemnified by the Authority as authorized in this Section. The indemnification provided by this Section shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer or employee, and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person. The Authority shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer or employee of the Authority against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Authority would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Section. Added by Acts 1979, No. 772, §1, eff. July 20, 1979.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4545.6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4545.6. Operating committee; powers and duties; terms

RS 4545.6 - Operating committee; powers and duties; terms  A. The directors of the Authority may create an operating committee for the board of directors. The board of directors may provide for the composition of the operating committee so as to afford, in its judgment, fair representation of the participating municipalities directly interested in the affairs or operations of the Authority or facilities owned or operated by the Authority. The operating committee shall have and shall exercise such of the powers and authority as shall be prescribed and delegated in the Authority's by-laws, rules or resolutions. The terms of office of the persons serving on the operating committee and the method of filling vacancies therein shall be prescribed in the Authority's by-laws, rules or resolutions.  B.(1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, with respect to the Louisiana Energy and Power Authority Unit 1, there shall be created a Louisiana Energy and Power Authority Unit 1 participants committee comprised solely of those municipalities that are contracted through a power sales agreement to take power from the Louisiana Power and Energy Authority Unit 1.  (2) The Louisiana Energy and Power Authority Unit 1 participants committee shall have sole authority to decide all matters related to such unit and such authority shall be executed pursuant to a majority vote of the members of the Louisiana Energy and Power Authority Unit 1 participants committee.  Added by Acts 1979, No. 772, §1, eff. July 20, 1979; Acts 2018, No. 138, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4545.8 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4545.8. Participating in more than one entity or undertaking

RS 4545.8 - Participating in more than one entity or undertaking  Nothing herein contained shall prohibit any governmental unit from being a member of more than one entity or undertaking for the purpose of obtaining an adequate electric power supply. Added by Acts 1979, No. 772, §1, eff. July 20, 1979.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4545.10 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4545.10. Sale of capacity and output by the Authority

RS 4545.10 - Sale of capacity and output by the Authority  The Authority may sell or exchange the capacity or output of a project not then required by participating municipalities under their contracts with the Authority for such consideration and for such period and upon such other terms and conditions as may be determined by the parties, to any person, firm, association or corporation, public or private; provided, however, that the Authority shall make no sales of excess capacity or output of a project in such amounts, for such periods of time, and under such terms and conditions as will cause the interest on bonds issued to finance the cost of a project to become taxable by the federal government. Added by Acts 1979, No. 772, §1, eff. July 20, 1979.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4545.12 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4545.12. Construction contracts

RS 4545.12 - Construction contracts  The Authority may contract for the planning, acquisition, construction, reconstruction, operation, maintenance, repair, extension, and improvement of a project or may contract with one or more municipalities to perform these functions. All contracts let by the Authority and/or municipality for the performance of these functions under the authority of this Section shall be subject to the laws relating to public contracts, contained in R.S. 38:2211-2225, except as otherwise provided in this Chapter. Added by Acts 1979, No. 772, §1, eff. July 20, 1979.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4545.14 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4545.14. Interim receipts and temporary bonds; mutilated, lost and destroyed bonds

RS 4545.14 - Interim receipts and temporary bonds; mutilated, lost and destroyed bonds  Prior to the preparation of definitive bonds, the Authority may issue interim receipts of temporary bonds with or without coupon, exchangeable for definitive bonds when such bonds have been executed and are available for delivery. Should any bond issued under this Chapter become mutilated or be lost or destroyed, the Authority may cause a new bond of like date, number and tenor to be executed and delivered in exchange and substitution for, and upon the cancellation of such mutilated bond and its interest coupons, or in lieu of and in substitution for such lost or destroyed bond and its unmatured interest coupons. Such new bond or coupon shall not be executed or delivered until the holder of the mutilated, lost or destroyed bond has (i) paid the reasonable expense and charges in connection therewith and (ii) in the case of a lost or destroyed bond, has filed with the Authority or its fiduciary evidence satisfactory to the Authority or its fiduciary that such bond was lost or destroyed and that the holder was the owner thereof and (iii) has furnished indemnity satisfactory to the Authority. Added by Acts 1979, No. 772, §1, eff. July 20, 1979.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4545.15 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4545.15. Bonds not debts of state or governmental units

RS 4545.15 - Bonds not debts of state or governmental units  Bonds issued under the provisions of this Chapter shall not be deemed to constitute a pledge of the faith and credit of the state or of any governmental unit thereof. All such bonds shall contain a statement on their face substantially to the effect that neither the faith and credit of the state nor the faith and credit of any governmental unit of the state are pledged to the payment of the principal of or the interest on such bonds. The issuance of bonds under the provisions of this Chapter shall not directly, indirectly or contingently obligate the state or any governmental unit of the state to levy any taxes whatever therefor or to make any appropriation for their payment. Added by Acts 1979, No. 772, §1, eff. July 20, 1979.