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LA Rev Stat § 33:5055 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§5055. Contracts of property owners for preservation of architectural style in cities of 300,000

RS 5055 - Contracts of property owners for preservation of architectural style in cities of 300,000  Within cities having a population of more than three hundred thousand inhabitants in order that the architectural style of buildings and structures situated in certain designated localities or boundaries or between certain street or road intersections, and fronting on designated public streets, boulevards, roads or public or private roads and places, may be preserved in their integrity and not impaired, changed, altered or destroyed, it shall be lawful for the owners of such real estate and others having rights therein, or if the owners of same or others having rights therein, be minors or interdicts, for their tutors, curators or administrators, to enter into written agreements, to be duly acknowledged according to law before any notary public, or by authentic acts, whereby they mutually agree to preserve in their integrity and not to impair, change, alter or destroy the architectural style or distinctive features of their buildings or the fronts thereof, situated or located as described in the agreements, so far as the same relate to the style, appearance, texture of materials and other distinctive features thereof, for the term of years to be specified in the contracts.
LA Rev Stat § 33:5056 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§5056. Registration of contracts when three-fourths of buildings in area are covered

RS 5056 - Registration of contracts when three-fourths of buildings in area are covered  The contracts to be binding as between all those entering the same with reference to their buildings situated in certain designated localities or boundaries or between certain street or road intersections, and fronting on designated public streets, boulevards, roads or public or private roads or places, specified in said agreements, shall provide that the written contracts shall be registered in the conveyance records of the parish, only after three-fourths of the buildings situated in the designated boundaries or between certain street or road intersections, and fronting on designated public streets, boulevards, roads, or public or private roads or places, have been made the subject of such agreements. This fact shall be certified to under oath by such public officer, or person of the full age of majority, to be named by the parties to the agreements, for such purpose, in the contracts or agreements. There shall be no charge imposed for the registry in the conveyance records of the parish, of the agreements, should any judge or any court of record in which the real estate is located, certify in writing on such agreements that in his estimation the contracts confer some benefit to the history and public welfare of the locality and state. Registry of the agreements as aforesaid shall constitute full notice of the contracts and the validity thereof, as affecting and binding upon the parties and their properties described therein, their heirs, successors or assigns.
LA Rev Stat § 33:5057 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§5057. Persons entitled to enforce contracts; costs

RS 5057 - Persons entitled to enforce contracts; costs  The contracts and agreements to be binding and valid shall likewise stipulate and provide that the observance and fulfillment thereof may be enforced and insisted upon by any third persons or parties or public officers or the officers of incorporated municipalities, associations, or public or private corporations, to be designated therein, or either or any of them, by suit or legal action instituted in any court of competent civil jurisdiction, setting forth the breach or violation of the contract, and for the enjoining thereof either by prohibitory or mandatory injunctions or both. There shall be no costs of court or sheriff's fees imposed in such matters, should the presiding judge of the court in which same is brought, certify that such suit confers some benefit to the history and public welfare of the State. Such actions may be likewise brought by the principals to the contracts, for the same purposes, or by either or any of them, with the same exemption as to costs.
LA Rev Stat § 33:5058 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§5058. Mandatory injunction to compel repair of buildings

RS 5058 - Mandatory injunction to compel repair of buildings  The wilful failure to keep such buildings in necessary repair or from falling into ruin or from condemnation as unsafe, when it lies in the power of the owner thereof to prevent the same and to provide therefor, shall be grounds for the asking and issuance of a mandatory injunction by the parties named in the act or contract, to be obeyed in such time as the court shall deem meet and sufficient, not to exceed six months, to make the necessary repairs to such buildings.
LA Rev Stat § 33:5059 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§5059. Consideration for contracts

RS 5059 - Consideration for contracts  There need be no statement of any monetary or other consideration in said agreements, contracts or acts to make same valid and binding.
LA Rev Stat § 33:5060 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§5060. Submission of specifications for artificial watercourse crossing private property; inspection

RS 5060 - Submission of specifications for artificial watercourse crossing private property; inspection  All owners of real estate or agents thereof, before constructing any artificial drain, storm sewer, conduit or culvert across private property shall submit plans and specifications therefor and receive the approval of the municipal authorities before doing the work, in order that the artificial drain, culvert, storm sewer, or conduit may be made of sufficient size and so designed as to care for the drainage water flowing from the water shed above the property. The municipal government, through its engineer, or other proper department may inspect all work to the end that the same may comply with the plans and specifications as approved for same.
LA Rev Stat § 33:5061 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§5061. Right to adopt ordinances

RS 5061 - Right to adopt ordinances  All municipalities may adopt ordinances necessary to carry out the provisions of R.S. 33:5060 and provide penalties for the violation thereof.
LA Rev Stat § 33:5062 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§5062. Weed cutting in municipalities; abutting owner's liability; notice; waiver of notice

RS 5062 - Weed cutting in municipalities; abutting owner's liability; notice; waiver of notice A. The governing authority of any municipality may enact ordinances requiring that property be maintained in a safe and sanitary condition, including ordinances providing for the cutting, destruction, or removal of noxious weeds or grass or other deleterious, unhealthful, or noxious growths on any sidewalks or banquettes and on any lot, place, or area within the municipality. The charges, costs, and expenses incurred by the municipal governing authority in enforcing such ordinances, shall, to the extent of the actual cost thereof to the municipal governing authority, be a charge, cost, or expense of the property abutting the sidewalk or banquette or of the lot, place, or area, and the owner thereof. B. No such work shall be undertaken by the municipal governing authority pursuant to this Section until the owner of the lot, place, or area, or the owner of the abutting property where the weeds or growths are to be removed, as shown on the last assessment roll of the municipality, has an opportunity of doing the work himself within at least five days after notice has been given him by advertisement in the official journal of the municipality within which same is located for two consecutive days or after notice has been given him by registered mail, addressed in accordance with the tax rolls of the municipality. C. However, a municipal governing authority may undertake the cutting, destruction, or removal of noxious weeds or grass or other deleterious, unhealthful, or noxious growths on any property within the municipality on a monthly basis without the notice required in Subsection B of this Section if the property owner liable has been notified pursuant to said Subsection at any time during the immediately preceding twelve months and has failed to do the work himself after opportunity to do so. However, prior to undertaking such work, the municipal governing authority shall file and record an affidavit, signed by the mayor of the municipality or his designee, at its administrative office. Such affidavit shall include the following: (1) A description of the property sufficient to reasonably identify it. (2) A photograph of the property sufficient to reasonably identify its unsafe or unsanitary condition and to justify the necessity for cutting, destroying, or removing weeds, grass, or other noxious growths. (3) A statement that the property owner liable has within the past twelve months failed to do such work after notification and opportunity to do so pursuant to Subsection B of this Section. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 482, §1; Acts 1978, No. 431, §1, eff. July 10, 1978; Acts 1979, No. 123, §1; Acts 1990, No. 42, §1; Acts 1991, No. 683, §1; Acts 1999, No. 335, §1; Acts 2001, No. 101, §1; Acts 2001, No. 949, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1159, §1, eff. June 29, 2001; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011; Acts 2014, No. 164, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:5062.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§5062.1. City of Plaquemine; grass and weed cutting

RS 5062.1 - City of Plaquemine; grass and weed cutting  A. The governing authority of the city of Plaquemine may adopt ordinances regulating or prohibiting the growth or accumulation of grass, noxious weeds, or other deleterious or unhealthful growths in accordance with the provisions of this Section. In the exercise of the authority herein granted, the governing authority may require or compel an owner of property to cut, destroy, or remove such grass, noxious weeds, or other deleterious or unhealthful growths from his property or from any sidewalk or banquette abutting his property.  B. If an owner of property fails to cut, destroy, or remove such grass or other matter from his property or from any abutting sidewalk or banquette, the governing authority shall notify the property owner of its intent to perform such work after five days and to charge the property owner for the work. Such notice shall be given by registered mail, addressed in accordance with the tax rolls of the municipality, or served on the property owner, by domiciliary or personal service, by a representative of the governing authority.  C. If the owner of the property fails to cut, destroy, or remove the matter within five days after receipt of such notice, the governing authority may have such grass or other matter cut, destroyed, or removed and may charge the property owner reasonable costs incurred in performing such work. The bill for the work shall be delivered by registered mail, addressed in accordance with the tax rolls of the municipality, or served on the property owner, by domiciliary or personal service, by a representative of the governing authority.  D. Upon failure of the property owner to pay the charges within thirty days of receipt of the bill, the governing authority may file a certified copy of said charges with the recorder of mortgages, and the same, when so filed and recorded, shall operate as a lien and privilege in favor of the municipality against the property on which the work was done or against the property abutting the sidewalk or banquette on which the work was done. The lien and privilege granted under this Subsection shall have the same ranking as an ad valorem tax lien on immovable property as provided in R.S. 9:4821(A)(1).  Acts 1995, No. 31, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:5063 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§5063. Mailing statement showing expense incurred; addition to tax liability

RS 5063 - Mailing statement showing expense incurred; addition to tax liability  If, after the cutting, destruction or removal of such weeds, grass, or growths, by the municipality after due notice as above provided, the cost or expense thereof has not been paid within ten days, the tax collector of the municipality shall furnish the owner, as shown on the last assessment roll of the municipality, by registered mail a written statement showing the cost or expense incurred for the work, and the place or property on which the work was done. If the said statement is not paid within one month thereafter, the amount thereof shall be included in and form part of the taxes due by the owner of said property, and when collected shall be credited to the general fund of said municipality. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 482, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 33:5064 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§5064. Record of charges for weed cutting

RS 5064 - Record of charges for weed cutting  The tax collector shall maintain a record of such charges prior to the filing of the tax rolls, which record shall be open to inspection at all times and which shall constitute legal notice to the purchasers of the property, or parties lending money thereon, of the assessment.
LA Rev Stat § 33:5065 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§5065. Maintenance of abandoned residential properties in municipalities and parishes

RS 5065 - Maintenance of abandoned residential properties in municipalities and parishes The governing authority of any parish with a population between four hundred thousand and four hundred forty thousand based on the latest federal decennial census, and any governing authority of a municipality that lies within such a parish, may enact ordinances requiring that abandoned residential property be maintained in safe and sanitary condition to maintain the stability of the neighborhood. Acts 2012, No. 692, §2, eff. Oct. 1, 2012.
LA Rev Stat § 33:5066 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§5066. Definitions

RS 5066 - Definitions The following words and phrases when used in R.S. 33:5065 through 5069 shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) "Abandoned residential property" shall mean one-to-four-family residential property that is vacant as the result of the relinquishment of physical possession or control by a homeowner or any other person or entity. Property may be deemed abandoned when there is evidence of conditions, taken separately or as a whole, that would lead a reasonable person to conclude that the property was unoccupied, including but not limited to evidence of vacancy. (2) "Evidence of vacancy" shall mean a condition that on its own, or combined with other conditions present, would lead a reasonable person to believe that the property is vacant. Such conditions include but are not limited to overgrown or dead vegetation, accumulation of newspapers, circulars, flyers, or mail, past due utility notices or disconnected utilities, accumulation of trash, junk or debris, the absence of window coverings such as curtains, blinds or shutters, the absence of furnishings or personal items consistent with residential habitation, and statements by neighbors, passersby, delivery agents, or government employees that the property is unoccupied. (3) "Maintenance" shall mean but is not limited to repairing or replacing broken glass windows, repairing or replacing exterior doors, repairing or replacing soffit, fascia, shutters, and siding, repairing or replacing fences, and maintaining or covering swimming pools and hot tubs. (4) "Notice" shall mean posting notice of the alleged violation on the door of the property at issue and sending notice via certified mail, return receipt requested, from the governing authority addressed to the property owner, referencing the subject property, providing an explanation of the maintenance needed on the property, specifying the time period in which the work is required to be completed, providing the name and phone number of a contact person with the governing authority who has knowledge of the matter who can provide more information, including a copy of the applicable ordinance, and including a photo of the subject property. If the property is encumbered by a recorded mortgage, then a notice letter shall also be sent certified mail, return receipt requested, from the governing authority addressed to the seizing creditor, mortgage holder, lien holder, or loan servicer of foreclosed property pending title transfer that includes all of the information and enclosures required to be provided in the letter to the owner. (5) "Owner" is defined as any person with care, custody, or control of the property at issue, including but not limited to record owners, seizing creditors, mortgage holders, lien holders, loan servicers of foreclosed property pending title transfer, or an agent or assignee of the seizing creditor, mortgage holders, lien holders, or loan servicer. Acts 2012, No. 692, §2, eff. Oct. 1, 2012.
LA Rev Stat § 33:5067 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§5067. Time delays, procedure for maintenance

RS 5067 - Time delays, procedure for maintenance A. No such work shall be undertaken by the governing authority pursuant to this Section until the owner of the property, as defined in R.S. 33:5066, has been given notice and a minimum of forty-five days to perform the maintenance. B.(1) A governing authority may undertake the maintenance of the property if the requirements of notice and time delay as provided for herein have been met and the maintenance has not been performed. (2) The governing authority shall take a photograph showing the condition of the property before the maintenance is performed and shall take a photograph showing the condition of the property after the maintenance is performed. The governing authority shall keep records showing the expenses incurred in maintaining the property, and those records shall be retained for a period of five years or until the property is sold, whichever time is less. (3) The governing authority shall use licensed and insured vendors to perform maintenance on property pursuant to this Section. C. After completion of the maintenance on the subject property, the governing authority shall record in the public mortgage records in the parish where the property is located, an affidavit, signed by either the chief elected official or his designee or by the parish or city attorney or his designee. The required affidavit shall include the following: (1) A legal description of the property to which maintenance was performed, sufficient to reasonably identify it. (2) The name of the property owner. (3) A description of the maintenance performed and an itemization of the amounts of money spent on maintenance. (4) The name of the governing authority and a statement that the provisions of this statute and the provisions of the applicable local ordinance have been complied with. Acts 2012, No. 692, §2, eff. Oct. 1, 2012.
LA Rev Stat § 33:5068 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§5068. Privilege

RS 5068 - Privilege  A. The governing authority shall have a privilege against the subject property for the cost of maintenance it incurs, as documented in the recorded affidavit, and the privilege shall have the ranking priority as to other mortgages and privileges as provided in R.S. 9:4821(A)(1).  B. The cost of maintenance, including charges, costs, and expenses incurred by the governing authority in enforcing such ordinances enacted pursuant to R.S. 33:5065 through 5069, shall be the actual cost thereof to the governing authority, not to exceed a total amount of five thousand dollars in a twelve-month period.  Acts 2012, No. 692, §2, eff. Oct. 1, 2012.
LA Rev Stat § 33:5069 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§5069. Procedure for disputing privileges

RS 5069 - Procedure for disputing privileges A property owner and a mortgage holder shall have the right to dispute a privilege created against a mortgaged property under R.S. 33:5068, if the work creating a privilege was not performed on the property. A privilege may be disputed by submitting an affidavit to the governing authority. The affidavit shall be made by someone with knowledge of the condition of property, providing a statement that the work giving rise to the lien was not performed on the subject property, and giving an explanation as to why it believes the work was not performed on the property. Additional documentation may be submitted with the affidavit, such as pictures of the identity and condition of the property, and invoices or records showing that work was performed privately. Upon receiving the affidavit and other documentation, the governing authority shall have thirty days to investigate the dispute and respond by either producing pictures or records to prove that the privilege established on the property for work performed is accurate, or by issuing a written release and cancellation of the privilege. Acts 2012, No. 692, §2, eff. Oct. 1, 2012.
LA Rev Stat § 33:5151 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§5151. Power to contract for group insurance; premiums

RS 5151 - Power to contract for group insurance; premiums  A. Any municipality or political subdivision of the state may make contracts of insurance with any insurance company legally authorized to do business in this state insuring their employees and officials under policies of group insurance covering hospitalization, and retirement, for such employees and officials, and may agree to match the payments of the employees and officials for the premiums or charges for any such contracts payable out of the funds of such municipality or political subdivision, respectively.  B. Nothing in this Section or in R.S. 42:851 shall be construed to limit the contribution of a local governmental subdivision toward the payment of premiums for accident and health protection for its employees or their dependents, or both.  C.(1) For purposes of this Section, a district public defender and his employees may participate in any group health insurance program that the parish governing authority offers to its employees and officials.  (2) Any district public defender office that chooses to participate in the group health insurance program is responsible for the employer portion of the health insurance premium, unless paid for by the parish governing authority through a separate intergovernmental or cooperative endeavor agreement.  (3) The parish governing authority may in its discretion pay public defender employee premiums.  Acts 1950, No. 77, §1. Amended by Acts 1952, No. 523, §1; Acts 1988, No. 154, §1; Acts 2018, No. 438, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:5152 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§5152. Withholding of premium payments from wages

RS 5152 - Withholding of premium payments from wages  The said police juries and municipalities respectively may deduct from the employee's pay such parts of the premiums as are payable by the employee and as may be authorized in writing by the employee. Acts 1950, No. 77, §2.