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LA Rev Stat § 33:178 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§178. Ordinance defining territory excluded or included and description of boundary as changed required to be filed with clerk of district court

RS 178 - Ordinance defining territory excluded or included and description of boundary as changed required to be filed with clerk of district court  A. Where the boundaries of a municipality have been enlarged or contracted, the ordinance with reference thereto must define with certainty and precision the territory which is proposed to be included in or excluded from the corporate limits, as the case may be. The ordinance need not contain a description of the entire boundary of the municipality as changed, but, within ten days after the adoption of the ordinance, a description of the entire boundary of the municipality as changed shall be filed by the clerk of the municipality with the clerk of the district court of the parish in which the municipality is located. Such description so filed shall become the official boundary of the municipality on the effective date of the ordinance.  B. Whenever the boundaries of the city of Shreveport have been enlarged or contracted, a description of the entire boundary of the municipality as changed shall be filed as provided for in Subsection A of this Section with the clerk of the district court of Caddo Parish, and the description filed in Caddo Parish shall become the official boundary of the city on the effective date of the ordinance. Whenever any of the territory included or excluded by a change in the boundaries of the city of Shreveport is located in Bossier Parish, the description shall also be filed with the clerk of the district court of Bossier Parish.  C. Each municipal governing authority shall furnish, by electronic medium, the registrar of voters and the secretary of state a copy of the municipal ordinance enlarging or contracting the boundaries of the municipality within fifteen days after adoption of such ordinance, as well as a map and written description of the entire boundary of the municipality as changed. If the municipal governing authority does not have the ability to submit the information required by this Subsection by electronic medium, the governing authority shall submit the information by certified mail or commercial courier.  D. As used in this Section, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them by this Subsection:  (1) "Commercial courier" means any foreign or domestic business entity having as its primary purpose the delivery of letters and parcels of any type which acquires a signed receipt from the addressee, or the addressee's agent, of the letter or parcel upon completion of delivery and has no direct or indirect interest in the outcome of the matter to which the letter or parcel concerns.  (2) "Electronic medium" means by electronic mail or facsimile.  Amended by Acts 1964, No. 499, §1; Acts 1978, No. 304, §1; Acts 1985, No. 411, §1; Acts 2016, No. 294, §1, eff. May 31, 2016.
LA Rev Stat § 33:179 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§179. Rights of residents and owners of included territory

RS 179 - Rights of residents and owners of included territory Where the corporate limits of municipalities have been extended or enlarged as hereinabove provided, the annexed territory, the inhabitants thereof, and the owners of property therein shall enjoy as to themselves and their property all the rights, immunities, and privileges granted and enjoyed by the citizens of the municipality to which the territory has been annexed.
LA Rev Stat § 33:180 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§180. Ordinance to annex territory owned by a public body

RS 180 - Ordinance to annex territory owned by a public body A. The governing body of any municipality other than the city of New Orleans may, by ordinance, enlarge the boundaries of the municipality to include territory within which all of the land is owned by a state agency, political subdivision, or public body, but only upon petition of the governing body of the agency, political subdivision, or public body owning the land which is to be so included. Except as otherwise provided by this Section, the governing body of the municipality may, in its discretion, upon majority vote thereof, adopt such an ordinance without the necessity of compliance with any of the procedures of advertisement, petition by residents, public hearing, or other procedures set forth in this Subpart. B. No municipality may annex the paved portion of a public road without including in such annexation all property adjacent to at least one side of the road, the paved portion of which is included in the annexation. At the discretion of the Department of Transportation and Development, the paved portion of an interstate highway right-of-way may be excluded from the annexation without the annexation being considered non-contiguous. C. A municipality may annex a portion of the right-of-way of a public road as a corridor connecting other property which is not contiguous to the municipality but which is to be annexed without including the property adjacent to the corridor. Any annexation pursuant to this Subsection shall be in accordance with the following: (1) The municipality shall, by certified mail, notify the state agency or political subdivision which owns the road proposed to be annexed at least thirty days prior to the introduction of the ordinance proposing such annexation. (2) The petition or written consent of the state agency or political subdivision must be received by the municipality prior to the adoption of the ordinance. Added by Acts 1964, No. 289, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1304, §1; Acts 2012, No. 594, §1, eff. June 7, 2012; Acts 2012, No. 794, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:191 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§191. Contiguous municipalities in same parish may consolidate

RS 191 - Contiguous municipalities in same parish may consolidate Any two contiguous municipalities, lying in the same parish, may consolidate and become one municipality in the manner provided in this Subpart. For this purpose municipalities separated only by a river or other stream or body of water not more than two miles in width shall be deemed to be contiguous.
LA Rev Stat § 33:192 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§192. Approval in each municipality required

RS 192 - Approval in each municipality required Consolidation may be effected only after the same has been approved in each municipality affected by a majority of the qualified electors thereof voting at an election held for that purpose as hereinafter provided.
LA Rev Stat § 33:193 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§193. Consolidation election to be ordered upon motion of governing body or upon petition of voters

RS 193 - Consolidation election to be ordered upon motion of governing body or upon petition of voters The governing body of each municipality may order a consolidation election upon its own motion. Upon the presentation to the governing body of a petition, signed by twenty-five per cent of the qualified voters of the municipality, requesting a consolidation election, the governing body shall order such election. In the event of the failure, refusal, or neglect of the governing body to comply with such a petition within ten days after its presentation, any two of the qualified signers of the petition may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for a writ of mandamus or other appropriate remedy to compel the governing body and its members to comply.
LA Rev Stat § 33:194 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§194. Ordinance ordering consolidation election

RS 194 - Ordinance ordering consolidation election A consolidation election shall be ordered by ordinance. The ordinance shall set the date for the election, which shall be not less than thirty days nor more than sixty days from the date of its adoption. The ordinance shall set out the names of the municipalities the consolidation of which is proposed, the object of the election, and the name by which the consolidated municipality is to be known.
LA Rev Stat § 33:195 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§195. Publication of ordinance

RS 195 - Publication of ordinance An ordinance calling a consolidation election shall be published once a week in each of three consecutive weeks in the official journal of the municipality, or if there be none, in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality, the first publication to be at least twenty-one days prior to the date fixed for the election. In the event that there is no official journal or newspaper of general circulation in the municipality, publication shall be made by posting copies of the election ordinance in three public and conspicuous places in the municipality at least twenty-one days prior to the date set for the election.
LA Rev Stat § 33:196 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§196. Affected municipalities to hold elections within six months

RS 196 - Affected municipalities to hold elections within six months It shall not be necessary that the consolidation elections in each of the municipalities affected be held at the same time; but no consolidation election shall be effective unless the municipalities affected have voted on the question within six months from the date of the first such election.
LA Rev Stat § 33:197 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§197. Manner of holding election

RS 197 - Manner of holding election Consolidation elections shall be held in the manner provided by law for regular municipal elections, as far as applicable and except as otherwise provided in this Subpart.
LA Rev Stat § 33:198 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§198. Ballots

RS 198 - Ballots The ballots to be used shall be in substantially the following form: Shall _______________________________ (name the municipalities) be consolidated and become one municipality, to be known as ______________________________________________? (Name of the proposed new municipality). For consolidation __________________ ( ) Against consolidation _______________ ( ) Each of the municipalities involved shall bear the expense of its own election.
LA Rev Stat § 33:199 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§199. Returns; publication; ordinance defining boundary

RS 199 - Returns; publication; ordinance defining boundary The returns of a consolidation election and the results thereof, shall be made by the election officials to the governing body of the municipality. The governing body shall canvass the returns and declare the results of the election by ordinance which shall be published once within ten days after its passage. The publication shall be in the official journal of the municipality or if there be none, in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality or, if there be none, by posting copies of the ordinance in three public and conspicuous places in the municipality. Within ten days after the second consolidation election has been held, the governing body of the larger municipality shall, if both municipalities have voted for consolidation, adopt an ordinance defining with certainty the entire boundary of the consolidated municipality and shall publish same once as above provided.
LA Rev Stat § 33:200 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§200. Governor's proclamation

RS 200 - Governor's proclamation Promptly after publication of the ordinance declaring the consolidation election result in the second municipality, if both elections favor consolidation, certified copies of ordinances proclaiming the result shall be transmitted by the governing authorities of the respective municipalities to the Governor, who, within ten days after their receipt, shall issue his proclamation declaring that consolidation of such municipalities has been completed and accomplished and declaring, in accordance with R.S. 33:201, when consolidation shall become effective.
LA Rev Stat § 33:201 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§201. Effective date of consolidation

RS 201 - Effective date of consolidation Consolidation which has been approved as provided in the preceding Sections shall take effect upon the date of expiration of the regular terms of office of the elective officers of the constituent municipality having the least population, and the terms and authority of such officers shall thereupon cease. The qualified voters of the constituent municipalities shall participate in the next regular municipal election of the consolidated municipalities. When the consolidation becomes effective, all local boards, committees, commissions or other bodies of the smaller municipality shall cease to function.
LA Rev Stat § 33:202 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§202. Charter and ordinances of larger municipality to remain in force

RS 202 - Charter and ordinances of larger municipality to remain in force When a consolidation becomes effective the constituent municipalities shall consolidate and become one municipality under the name set forth in the election ordinances. The charter or other laws for the government of the constituent municipality having the largest population shall be the charter or the laws for the government of the whole of the consolidated territory until modified or repealed. The ordinances, resolutions, and other measures of the constituent municipality having the largest population according to the last preceding federal census, shall remain in force and shall extend to and be enforced throughout the whole of the consolidated territory, but all ordinances, resolutions and other measures of the lesser municipality shall cease to be operative when consolidation takes effect, except zoning ordinances therein which shall remain in effect until repealed, modified, or amended by the governing body of the consolidated municipality.
LA Rev Stat § 33:203 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§203. Officers and employees of larger municipality to serve

RS 203 - Officers and employees of larger municipality to serve The officers and employees of the municipality having the larger population, shall, from the effective date of the consolidation, serve and act as the officers and employees of the consolidated municipality. The officers and employees of the smaller municipality shall be released.
LA Rev Stat § 33:204 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§204. Rights and liabilities of constituent municipalities; taxation

RS 204 - Rights and liabilities of constituent municipalities; taxation The new municipality shall, when a consolidation becomes effective, be vested with all the rights and properties of the municipalities of which it was formed, and shall be responsible and liable for all contracts, debts and obligations of such municipalities. But the taxable property in one constituent municipality shall not be taxed to provide for payment of the bonds or other funded debt of another. The governing body of the consolidated municipality shall levy on the taxable property in each constituent municipality any special taxes for the term and at the rate previously authorized therein to provide for the payment, exchange or refund of any outstanding bonds or other funded debt of such municipality.
LA Rev Stat § 33:205 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§205. Collection of taxes

RS 205 - Collection of taxes The taxes levied or imposed by one of the constituent municipalities, remaining outstanding and unpaid, and all other moneys due and owing such municipality when the consolidation becomes effective shall be collected by the new municipality and shall be applied to the purposes for which raised or owing, and if not raised or owing for a specific purpose, shall be applied to the reduction or payment of the bonded or other indebtedness, if any, of the constituent municipality. Proceedings pending to endorse the payment or collection of taxes in any of the constituent municipalities shall be carried to completion by the proper officers of the new municipality; and all taxes theretofore levied by any of the constituent municipalities shall be valid and effectual as if originally levied and assessed by the officers of the new municipality. The governing body of the new municipality may perform all necessary acts to confirm and effectuate such levies.
LA Rev Stat § 33:206 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§206. Transfer of funds and other property

RS 206 - Transfer of funds and other property Immediately upon the consolidation becoming effective, the officers having custody of the funds of the lesser municipality shall deliver same into the custody of the proper fiscal officer of the new municipality, who shall acknowledge delivery by giving his receipt therefor. The mayor or other chief executive officer of the new municipality shall supervise and direct the transfer of all personal property, books, papers, vouchers, or other documents belonging to the constituent municipalities, to the proper officers of the new government. He shall also cause a complete inventory to be made of all assets, real and personal, thus received by the new government. An independent audit and settlement of the account of officers of the constituent municipalities shall be made forthwith.
LA Rev Stat § 33:207 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§207. Permits and licenses

RS 207 - Permits and licenses Permits and licenses granted to any place or person by any of the constituent municipalities shall, subject to their conditions, remain in full force and effect and be recognized by the new municipality until the expiration of the term for which they were granted. But this Section shall not be construed to prevent the revocation of any such permit or license before its expiration in the manner provided by law.
LA Rev Stat § 33:208 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§208. Suit pending wherein constituent municipality a party

RS 208 - Suit pending wherein constituent municipality a party No suit, action, or proceeding pending in any court or before any board or department, wherein one of the constituent municipalities is a party, or in which it is interested, or by the determination of which it might be affected, shall abate by reason of the consolidation, but the new municipality shall be substituted in the place and stead of such constituent municipality, and the suit, action, or proceeding shall continue as if the consolidation had not taken place.
LA Rev Stat § 33:209 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§209. City court

RS 209 - City court The city court of the larger municipality shall, upon consolidation of the two municipalities, have its jurisdiction, both in civil and criminal matters, extended to include the territory within the new corporate limits and shall be authorized to enforce therein all ordinances of the municipality having the larger population.
LA Rev Stat § 33:221 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§221. Contracts; taxes

RS 221 - Contracts; taxes A. If a municipality annexes territory contained in a parochial water, sewer, or fire protection district, hereinafter collectively referred to as special service districts, the municipality and each such special service district are hereby authorized to enter into a contract granting to either the municipality or the special service district the exclusive right to provide service in the annexed area. B. If the municipality and the special service districts provide in the contract that the municipality thereafter will have jurisdiction to serve the annexed area, the special service district shall continue to levy taxes in the annexed area for the retirement of any outstanding tax-secured bonds of the district and may continue to levy such maintenance tax as theretofore has been authorized for the full period of such authorization; however, the district shall not thereafter be authorized to levy any new maintenance taxes in the annexed area, and, if the district thereafter issues any tax-secured bonds, the assessed valuation of the annexed area shall not be used in computing the capacity of the district to issue such bonds, and taxes shall not be levied in the annexed area for the retirement of new bonds of the district, notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary. C. If any of the territory contained in Waterworks District No. 9 of Ward 4 of Calcasieu Parish is annexed by a municipality, the waterworks district shall continue to levy and collect taxes, including maintenance taxes, within the annexed area as provided in this Section, and shall continue to provide service within the annexed area unless the waterworks district reaches an agreement with the municipality to the contrary. The district may levy any new maintenance taxes in the annexed area, and if the district thereafter issues any tax-secured bonds, the assessed valuation of the annexed area shall be used in computing the capacity of the district to issue such bonds and taxes shall be levied in the annexed area for the retirement of new bonds of the district, unless prior to the levy of the new tax or the issuance of the bonds, the district and the municipality enter into a contract granting to the municipality the exclusive right to provide service in the annexed area. Added by Acts 1975, No. 142, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 524, §1; Acts 1985, No. 573, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:221.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§221.2. Annexed areas of parochial subdivisions; taxes

RS 221.2 - Annexed areas of parochial subdivisions; taxes A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any parochial subdivision which, at the time of a proposed annexation, levies any previously authorized sales and use taxes or ad valorem taxes may, upon such annexation, extend the levy and collection of such taxes to the additional territory to be included within such parochial subdivision. Such taxes shall be extended only upon receipt of a petition by a majority of the qualified electors residing in the annexed territory or upon approval by a majority of the voters voting in a special election held within such additional territory by the parochial subdivision for such purpose subsequent to such annexation. Prior to extending the boundaries of any parochial subdivision, the parish governing authority may call and hold a special election to extend the levy and collection of such taxes in the area proposed to be annexed. Where no registered voters reside within the area annexed or proposed to be annexed, no petition or election shall be required to extend the levy and collection of such taxes. The special district shall reimburse the parish governing authority for the cost of any such election. B. Any petition received by the governing authority of a parochial subdivision requesting an extension of its authorized tax levies shall be verified by the registrar of voters of the parish or parishes in which the additional territory proposed to be taxed lies. A copy of such certification shall thereafter be filed with the assessor for the parish or parishes in which such ad valorem taxes are being levied or the sales tax collector for the parish or parishes affected where sales and use taxes are being levied. The taxes shall become effective only after the certification is filed. Acts 2001, No. 891, §1, eff. June 26, 2001.