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LA Rev Stat § 33:4066.9 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4066.9. Election to participate

RS 4066.9 - Election to participate Property owners who desire to fund the acquisition, construction, and maintenance of the individual sewerage system through this program shall affirmatively elect to participate in the program and shall submit to the engineer for the program his election to participate in the program together with the type of approved individual treatment system he desires to fund. The individual sewerage system that is funded through this program shall comply with all guidelines established by the governing authority of the parish, sewerage district, or commission. This election to participate may also provide for the property owner to fund the purchase of the individual sewerage system through the issuance of bonds by the parish, sewerage district, or commission as hereinafter provided. This election to participate may be done on a monthly basis. Acts 1987, No. 919, §1, eff. July 20, 1987.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4066.10 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4066.10. Periodical engineering report

RS 4066.10 - Periodical engineering report Any parish, sewerage district, or commission, upon the award of any construction contract under the provisions of this Subpart, shall forthwith require of the engineer of the parish, sewerage district, or commission a duly certified statement or report, showing the total cost of the various sewerage treatment improvements, including the cost pro rata of engineers' and attorneys' fees, and all other expenses incidental to the cost. This report may be done on a monthly basis depending on the number of resident property owners desiring to participate. The report shall also show the amount of the cost chargeable to each lot or parcel of real estate to be benefited by the installation of an individual sewerage system. Acts 1987, No. 919, §1, eff. July 20, 1987.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4066.12 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4066.12. Pooled finances

RS 4066.12 - Pooled finances The parish, sewerage district, or commission taking advantage of this Subpart may, subject to the approval of the state bond commission, incur debt and issue bonds, sewerage certificates, notes, or other debt obligations in order to provide a pool of funds to provide resident property owners with funds to purchase, lease, and maintain individual sewerage treatment facilities as described herein. The funds obtained through the issuance of the aforementioned debt obligations shall be loaned to the property owners to purchase, lease, and maintain the individual sewerage treatment facilities and shall be secured by and payable from the irrevocable pledge and dedication of the funds to be derived from the assessments as provided in Section 4066.11 hereof. Said debt obligations are to bear interest not exceeding the rate established by Chapter 13 of Subtitle III of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, payable annually, and to mature serially over a period not exceeding twenty years, but in no event shall such certificates extend over a longer period of time than that provided for by the ordinance levying the local or special assessments which may be payable in annual installments. Said certificates shall be of such form, date, denomination, and payable in principal and interest at such time and place as the governing authority may determine. Said debt obligations may be sold by private sale in the manner determined by the governing authority of the issuer of the debt obligations. However, if the certificates are sold at public sale, they shall be sold in accordance with R.S. 39:1426(B). Acts 1987, No. 919, §1, eff. July 20, 1987.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4066.13 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4066.13. Additional assessments

RS 4066.13 - Additional assessments A. In the event the local and special assessments originally levied are insufficient for any cause whatsoever to pay the principal and interest, or the principal or interest, in any one year of the said certificate of indebtedness outstanding at their respective maturity dates, then in that event the parish, sewerage district, or commission issuing such sewerage certificates under the provisions of this Subpart, through its governing authority, is hereby authorized, empowered, and obligated by ordinance to levy and collect, at such time or times as may be necessary, an additional local or special assessment on each lot or parcel of real estate in the district or area involved, sufficient in amount to pay in full the said principal and interest, or the principal or interest, of such certificates of indebtedness at their respective maturity dates. B. The amounts assessed in such ordinance or ordinances shall be due and collectible immediately on its passage and if not paid within thirty days from the date of adoption, the governing authority of the parish, sewerage district, or commission may proceed against the property for the collection of the amount of additional local or special assessment so levied, plus interest thereon and twenty percent additional for attorneys' fees. C. A certified copy of each ordinance providing for the levy and collection of such additional local or special assessment shall be filed with the clerk of court of the parish in which the parish, sewerage district, or commission is located promptly upon its adoption, who shall forthwith record the same in mortgage records of the parish and when so filed and recorded shall operate as a lien and privilege against all the real estate therein assessed and shall prime all other liens except taxes and prior recorded local assessments levied for streets, sewerage, or water. Acts 1987, No. 919, §1, eff. July 20, 1987.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4066.14 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4066.14. Prescriptive period to question validity of proceedings

RS 4066.14 - Prescriptive period to question validity of proceedings No contest or proceeding to question the validity or legality of any resolutions or ordinances adopted or proceedings had under the provisions of this Subpart shall be begun in any court by any person for any cause whatsoever after the expiration of thirty days from the date when the resolution, ordinance, or proceeding was published, and after such time the regularity of such resolution, ordinance, or proceeding shall be conclusively presumed. If the validity of any certificates issued under the provisions of this Subpart is not raised within thirty days from date of publication of the resolution or ordinance issuing said certificates and fixing their terms, the authority to issue said certificates, the legality thereof, and the local or special assessments necessary to pay the same shall be conclusively presumed and no court shall thereafter have authority to inquire into such matters. Acts 1987, No. 919, §1, eff. July 20, 1987.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4066.15 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4066.15. Inspection and acceptance of work

RS 4066.15 - Inspection and acceptance of work The governing authority of any parish, sewerage district, or commission taking advantage of the provisions of this Subpart shall, upon the completion of any contract awarded as provided for herein, provide for the final inspection of the work performed thereunder and the improvements made, and if the work be found to have been completed satisfactorily in accordance with said contract, as evidenced by a certificate of the project engineer and by a certificate of the state health officer or his representative working through the parish health unit, the said governing authority shall by ordinance duly adopted approve and accept the said work and fulfill its obligations under the said contract after compliance with the laws of Louisiana relative to the completion of contracts involving public works, by full payment therefor of any and all amounts and balances due the said contractor, including all retained percentages of payments previously made thereon on engineer's estimates, and which percentages were retained pending the completion of said work. Acts 1987, No. 919, §1, eff. July 20, 1987.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4066.16 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4066.16. Employment and duties of engineer and attorney

RS 4066.16 - Employment and duties of engineer and attorney The governing authority of any parish, sewerage district, or commission which takes advantage of the provisions of this Subpart, is hereby authorized, if it elects to do so, to engage the services of an engineer and provide for his payment, who shall prepare all plans and specifications for said work and improvements herein authorized, and the governing authority shall approve such plans and specifications by a proper resolution duly adopted. Such engineer, so employed, shall inspect the work as let in accordance with contracts hereunder and shall issue to the said contractor his estimates thereon from time to time as the said work progresses, which estimates may be paid by the sewerage district either in full or by the retention of ten percent thereof as retained percentage. The said engineer shall inspect the work as it progresses in accordance with the plans and specifications. Upon completion of the work the said engineer shall render a report to the governing authority as to the completion of the work in a satisfactory manner, which report shall be duly certified to, and in addition thereto, the said engineer shall do and perform any and all engineering duties required of him in this Subpart. The governing authority of the parish, sewerage district, or commission is also hereby authorized to employ an attorney to handle all legal work in connection with such improvements, herein authorized, and to provide for the payment of his fees and said attorney, in addition to his other duties, shall prepare a complete transcript of the record of the proceedings had covering each and every project completed hereunder and shall file the same with the clerk or secretary of the parish, sewerage district, or commission, and said filed transcript shall constitute a permanent record thereof. Acts 1987, No. 919, §1, eff. July 20, 1987.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4066.17 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4066.17. Applicability of state health laws and regulations

RS 4066.17 - Applicability of state health laws and regulations Nothing in this Subpart shall be construed to waive or supercede the necessity of complete compliance by any party with all state laws and regulations pertaining to sewerage systems, the installation of such systems, or discharges from such systems. Acts 1987, No. 919, §1, eff. July 20, 1987.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4067.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4067.1. Receipt and disbursement of unclaimed water deposits; St. Bernard Parish

RS 4067.1 - Receipt and disbursement of unclaimed water deposits; St. Bernard Parish Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, in St. Bernard Parish, any water deposits collected by a water and sewerage commission which are unclaimed or abandoned after one year after services are terminated shall be deposited to the credit of the commission. However, such deposit to the credit of the commission shall not affect any person's right to reclaim a water deposit. The commission shall report all such unclaimed or abandoned property to the administrator of the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act of 1997 in accordance with R.S. 9:159, and the department shall publish notice of such property in accordance with applicable provisions of R.S. 9:161. Acts 1995, No. 913, §1; Acts 1997, No. 658, §2; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 135, §4, eff. July 1, 2000; Acts 2001, No. 354, §1, eff. June 13, 2001.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4068 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4068. Pretreatment regulations; penalties

RS 4068 - Pretreatment regulations; penalties Notwithstanding any provision of law or home rule charter to the contrary, any municipal or parish governing authority or sewerage district operating a pretreatment program for industrial waste, as required by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, may assess a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars for each offense for any violation of pretreatment rules and regulations duly established by such entity. Acts 1990, No. 658, §1, eff. July 19, 1990.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4072 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4072. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 694, §2.

RS 4072 - Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 694, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4073 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4073. Officers of sewerage and water board; compensation of members

RS 4073 - Officers of sewerage and water board; compensation of members The mayor shall be ex officio president of the board. The board shall elect an executive director, whose salary and bond shall be fixed by the board. The executive director shall hold office at the pleasure of the board. The election or removal of the executive director, the amount of his salary, and the acceptance of his bond shall be determined by a majority vote of the entire board at one of its regular monthly meetings. The duties of the executive director shall be fixed by the board. No member of the board shall receive any salary or compensation for his services, except actual expenses incurred in travelling by authority of, or for the benefit of the board. The board shall have power to elect one of its members president pro tempore who shall act in the absence or disability of the president. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 308, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4074 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4074. Meetings of the board

RS 4074 - Meetings of the board  All meetings of the board shall be held in accordance with rules adopted by the board and shall be open and public. All its transactions shall be recorded in the minutes to be kept in writing by the executive director, and its records shall be public. Six members thereof shall constitute a quorum.  Amended by Acts 1974, No. 309, §1; Acts 2013, No. 345, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014; Acts 2018, No. 366, §1. NOTE: See Acts 2013, No. 345, §§3, 4 relative to effectiveness and board members. NOTE: See Acts 2018, No. 366, related to effectiveness and board members.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4075 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4075. General superintendent; advisory board

RS 4075 - General superintendent; advisory board The board shall elect a competent and skillful engineer as general superintendent and shall fix his salary, and shall define his duties and powers. He shall hold office at the pleasure of the board. The board may organize and employ a board of advisory engineers in order to arrange and devise an efficient public sewerage and drainage system and to provide an adequate public water supply of pure water. The board may fix the compensation of the advisory board.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4076 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4076. Employees of board; civil service

RS 4076 - Employees of board; civil service The board may employ all necessary clerks, engineers, firemen, and other skilled and unskilled employees necessary and proper to the efficient administration, operation and control of the public sewerage, water, and drainage systems. All the employees, except unskilled laborers, shall be appointed only after they have passed the civil service examination administered by the civil service commissioners of the city of New Orleans. They shall hold their positions during good behavior and shall be removed only for cause. Nothing herein shall be construed as preventing the board from dispensing with the services of unnecessary employees. Civil service rules shall not apply to the executive director, the general superintendent, or the Board of Advisory Engineers. Amended by Acts 1956, No. 551, §1; Acts 1960, No. 551, §1; Acts 1968, No. 413, §1; Acts 1973, No. 62, §1; Acts 1980, No. 627, §1, eff. July 24, 1980.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4077 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4077. Legal advisor of board; special counsel

RS 4077 - Legal advisor of board; special counsel The city attorney shall be the legal advisor of the board. The city attorney shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the board, a special counsel who shall have charge of and conduct the legal business of the board, and who shall receive as compensation for his services, a sum of not less than three thousand, five hundred dollars, per annum, payable monthly out of the funds of the board. The city attorney may remove the special counsel only with the advice and consent of the board previously had, and shall remove him when requested so to do by resolution of the board adopted at its regular meeting by a vote of two-thirds of the members of the board.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4077.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4077.1. Agent for service of process

RS 4077.1 - Agent for service of process The agent for service of process of any legal papers served on the board shall be the executive director of the board or the special counsel appointed pursuant to R.S. 33:4077. Acts 1988, No. 155, §1, eff. June 29, 1988.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4078 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4078. Expropriation of necessary property; servitudes; restriction on use and disposition of property

RS 4078 - Expropriation of necessary property; servitudes; restriction on use and disposition of property Whenever it becomes necessary to expropriate any property convenient or necessary for the sewerage, water or drainage systems, the city attorney, or the special counsel of the board, on the request of the board, shall institute expropriation proceedings in the name of the city of New Orleans, and acquire the title to the property in the name of the city. The title to all the public works constructed by the board, and to all the property acquired by the board shall be vested in the city of New Orleans. The board may expropriate any property in the parishes of Plaquemines, St. Bernard, Jefferson and St. Charles that it may find convenient and necessary for the proper execution of the powers granted to it, and may extend its works in the said parishes for the benefit of the city of New Orleans, and have jurisdiction and authority in such parishes over the works therein situated. Should the board exercise the authority to acquire by negotiation or expropriation property in any of the four parishes aforementioned for the purpose of installing or constructing intake lines to the Mississippi river, water plants and appurtenances, or water mains, the water boards or water districts having jurisdiction of the preparation and distribution of the public water supply in the respective parishes in which said installation or construction shall be located, shall have the right to purchase from the board, and the board shall be obligated to sell to them, reasonable amounts of water passing through the facilities thus created at cost of the water to the board. However, such sales shall be confined exclusively to said water authorities. Further, should the board acquire title to property or servitudes in order to install water mains through any of the aforementioned parishes to the confines of the parish of Orleans, such area will be available to the respective parish authorities to be used as a public roadway, provided, said roadway shall not be so used as to cause damage to the installations of the board. The board may acquire in the name of the city of New Orleans servitudes necessary in the conduct of its business. The city of New Orleans shall not sell, exchange, utilize or dispose of any streets wherein are located any of the facilities and utilities of the board without prior written consent of the board. Amended by Acts 1952, No. 262, §1; Acts 1956, No. 426, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4079 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4079. Conformity to plans for drainage system

RS 4079 - Conformity to plans for drainage system The board shall plan, adjust, and arrange the public sewerage, public water systems, and related facilities so as to make them conform to existing approved plans for the drainage system. This Section shall not affect the apportionment provided for in R.S. 33:4088. Acts 2005, No. 290, §1, eff. June 29, 2005.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4080 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4080. Shifting private mains to accommodate public system

RS 4080 - Shifting private mains to accommodate public system A. Any person who has laid mains, pipes, or conduits, or constructed any railroads, buildings, works, or structures of any kind in, on, or over the public streets, roads, drainage systems or canals, sewerage systems, or water systems may be compelled at his own cost and expense to shift or adjust any such mains, pipes, conduits, or structures to the exigencies of the public sewerage and public water and drainage systems. B.(1) Only properties within Orleans Parish and under the jurisdiction of the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board will be affected. (2)(a) In addition, all grounds adjacent to and including the 17th Street Drainage Canal will not be subject to the provisions of this Section. (b) The rights, interests, and/or obligations that any parties at interest have in, to, or on, that portion of the 17th Street Canal from the southside of Hammond Highway Bridge northward to Lake Pontchartrain shall not be affected by this Section, nor shall the rights, interests, and/or obligations of the respective parties at interest relative to the right or authority to moor boats in said canal from the Veterans Memorial Bridge northward to Lake Pontchartrain be affected by this Section. Acts 1984, No. 912, §1, eff. July 20, 1984.